TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Early-Life Environmental Exposures and Children’s Health A1 - Foraster, Maria A1 - Casas, Maribel A1 - Vrijheid, Martine A1 - Sunyer, Jordi A2 - Boulton, Matthew L. A2 - Wallace, Robert B. PY - 2022 T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e AB - The seminal observation by Barker that low birth weight was linked to excess risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality in adulthood1 led to the concept of “developmental origins of health and disease” (DOHaD). The idea of “programming” during pregnancy development and risk for chronic diseases occurring late in life was first suggested by nutritional experiments inspired by the concept of early “imprinting” of behavior in birds that has been recognized for centuries.2 SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182673689 ER -