Losing the war against obesity: The need for a developmental perspective

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 93, 2011, Pages

  Gluckman, Peter D ^a,b   Hanson, Mark ^c,d   Zimmet, Paul ^e   Forrester, Terrence ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d International Society for the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease   (United Kingdom)

^e BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DNA METHYLATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIPID STORAGE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WAIST HIP RATIO; ARTICLE; DISEASES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; OBESITY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960782648     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3002554     Document Type: Note

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43. Disclaimer: P.D.G. is also Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand. This paper is written in his academic role, and the opinions expressed in this paper are personal and do not refl ect those of the New Zealand Government. Funding: P.D.G. is funded by the National Research Centre for Growth and Development; M.H. is funded by the British Heart Foundation. Competing interests: The authors have spoken at academic meetings supported by nutrition companies and received travel expenses and honoraria to attend those meetings.