Exposure to improved nutrition from conception to age 2 years and adult cardiometabolic disease risk: a modelling study

• Main Authors: Nicole D Ford, PhD (Author), Jere R Behrman, PhD (Author), John F Hoddinott, DPhil (Author), John A Maluccio, PhD (Author), Reynaldo Martorell, PhD (Author), Manuel Ramirez-Zea, PhD (Author), Aryeh D Stein, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Low-income and middle-income countries with populations that are chronically undernourished in early life are undergoing a nutrition transition and are experiencing an epidemic of cardiometabolic disease. These dual burdens are thought to be causally related; therefore, the exte...