Nutrition and its contribution to obesity and diabetes: a life-course approach to disease prevention?

• Published in: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 71 - 77
• Main Author: Symonds, Michael E.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.02.2009
• Subjects: Adipocytes; Adipose tissue; Biological and medical sciences; Body fat; Carbohydrates; children; Diabetes; Diet; disease incidence; disease prevention; eating habits; Energy consumption; Epigenetics; etiology; Exercise; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Fetuses; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Growth; human nutrition; Human populations; life cycle (organisms); literature reviews; Metabolism; noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; Nutrition; nutrition-genotype interaction; nutritional adequacy; Obesity; Older people; physical activity; Sheep; Soft drinks; Sucrose; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Weaning; Epigenetics; Carbohydrates; Adipose tissue; Growth; Endocrinopathy; Obesity; Nutrition; Diabetes mellitus; Nutrition disorder; Adipose tissue: Carbohydrates: Epigenetics: Growth; Feeding; Prevention; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Carbohydrate; Nutritional status

Whilst previously type 2 diabetes occurred in older adults, its incidence, together with obesity, has increased rapidly in children. An improved understanding of this disease pathway from a developmental view point is critical. It is likely that subtle changes in dietary patterns over an extended pe...