Handbook of Life Course Health Development

• Main Author: Neal Halfon (auth)
• Other Authors: Richard M. Lerner (auth), Elaine M. Faustman (auth), Christopher B. Forrest (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; Developmental origins of chronic illnesses; Autism; Obesity; Nutrition; Health disparities across the lifespan; Diabetes; Community; Fetal programming; Health development science
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This handbook synthesizes and analyzes the growing knowledge base on life course health development (LCHD) from the prenatal period through emerging adulthood, with implications for clinical practice and public health. It presents LCHD as an innovative field with a sound theoretical framework for un...