title: Maternal nutrition, fetal nutrition, and disease in later life.
abstract: Recent findings suggest that many human fetuses have to adapt to a limited supply of nutrients and in doing so they permanently change their physiology and metabolism. These "programmed" changes may be the origins of a number of diseases in later life, including coronary heart disease and the related disorders stroke, diabetes, and hypertension.
authors.affiliation: MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Barker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001724:Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000502:physiology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002657:Child Development; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D008875:Middle Aged; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol