Early Nutrition Programming and Health Outcomes in Later Life: Obesity and beyond by Denes Molnar, Anne Hunty, Berthold Koletzko, Tamas Decsi (Hardcover, 2009)
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally and presents a major challenge to policy makers and clinicians alike. Recent research has suggested that obesity has its origins in early life and that early diet can programme a developing fetus' and young infant's future susceptibility to obesity. This volume contains recent findings presented at the International Conference on Early Nutrition Programming and Health Outcomes in Later Life: Obesity and Beyond - a satellite meeting of the 15th European Congress on Obesity, held in Budapest in April 2007. Basic scientific research, data from epidemiological studies and clinical trial results were all presented during the programme. This volume includes articles discussing the evidence for an effect of early nutrition programming on later obesity and cardiovascular risk; the growing evidence for an intergenerational cycle of obesity; the role of maternal leptin in programming appetite; possible cellular mechanisms for altered energy balance, including mitochondrial programming and the effects of regulators of metabolism; and how epigenetic changes might be the fundamental underlying mechanism explaining programming effects. Consumer understanding of the concept of early nutrition programming and the extent to which early nutrition programming is taken into account in infant feeding policies are also discussed.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-13
9781402091728
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95242343
Product Key Features
Author
Denes Molnar, Anne Hunty, Berthold Koletzko, Tamas Decsi
Publication Name
Early Nutrition Programming and Health Outcomes in Later Life: Obesity and Beyond
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Medicine
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
196 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
254mm
Item Width
178mm
Volume
646
Item Weight
631g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Anne Hunty, Berthold Koletzko, Denes Molnar, Tamas Decsi