Fetal Programming

Influences on Development and Disease in Later Life

• Author(s): P. M. Shaughn O'Brien, Timothy Wheeler, David James Purslove Barker, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (Great Britain),
• Publisher: RCOG Press
• Pages: 483
• ISBN_10: 1900364182
  ISBN_13: 9781900364188
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Embryology , Medical / Physiology ,

Description:... It should not be surprising that events which take place in utero can have a significant impact on health in later life. However, it is only recently that this possibility has been formally addressed. The fetal origins or Baker hypothesis is now internationally accepted. Exploration of the hypothesis will determine how fetal adaptations to maternal and other influences programme events in later life. These events include changes in childhood growth, the occurrence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes and altered sexual development.