Abstract:Lifestyle-related diseases have been considered to be caused by genetic factors and lifestyle. In recent years, it has been reported that there is a third factor, based on the developmental origin of health and disease (DOHaD), which involves environmental factors during fetal life and development that are related to health in adulthood and the risk of developing lifestyle-related diseases. In Japan, the percentage of low birth weight (LBW) infants born below 2,500 g has been increasing since around 1980, whic… Show more
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