.... Growth acceleration Catch-up growth Obesity Programming Non-communicable disease Although growth can be defined most simply as the process of increasing in size, we know that growth is much more than a quantitative increase in body mass. Growth is complex interaction of closely regulated...

... studies and clinical trials. There is also evidence from observational studies for potential long-term programming effects of vitamin D supplementation on immunological diseases (such as type 1 diabetes and allergic diseases), with evidence supporting the role of active vitamin D as a potent...

... the analysis was controlled for age of menarche. Height and FFM were lower in EM (p < 0.01), but these effects seem to be due to the BW (p < 0.01). Conclusion: EM was strongly associated with unhealthy body composition in female adolescents, but these relationships seem to be due to the programming...

...Rachel C. Sherman; Alan A. Jackson; Simon C. Langley-Evans Prenatal exposure to maternal undernutrition in both humans and animals is associated with long-term changes in the structure, physiological functions and metabolism of key tissues and organs. This phenomenon, termed programming...