RT Book, Section A1 Foraster, Maria A1 Casas, Maribel A1 Vrijheid, Martine A1 Sunyer, Jordi A2 Boulton, Matthew L. A2 Wallace, Robert B. SR Print(0) ID 1182673689 T1 Early-Life Environmental Exposures and Children’s Health T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e YR 2022 FD 2022 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781259644511 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182673689 RD 2024/03/29 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