title: Perinatal programming - myths, fact, and future of research.
abstract: Perinatal programming, i.e., the (epigenetic) modification of (genetic) functions throughout lifetime, suffers from the notion of premature theories and difficult and extensive research strategies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This mini review aims at depicting 9 current developments and discusses possible future research strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, Köln, 50937, Germany. Joerg.doetsch@uk-koeln.de.
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dötsch
keywords: Diabetes mellitus; Epigenetics; Metabolic disease; Mismatch hypothesis; Perinatal programming; Thrifty phenotype