Nutrition and Cardiovascular Diseases: Programming and Reprogramming
Emiliana Barbosa Marques, Karyne Pollo de Souza, Thaís Alvim-Silva, Ivis Levy Fernandes Martins, Samuel de Sousa Pedro, Christianne Brêtas Vieira Scaramello
Abstract
The Developmental Origin of Health and Disease (DOHaD) is an area of science dedicated to studying the processes by which insults during critical periods of mammals development leading to physiological changes resultig in diseases throughout life. Studies point to a complex interaction between nutritional status in early life and cardiovascular system homeostasis in which maternal malnutrition during gestation and/or lactation, as well as early weaning, are associated with development of cardiovascular diseases in adulthood. In this context, epigenetic changes, [...]
Topics & Concepts
MedicineContext (archaeology)MalnutritionWeaningReprogrammingDiseaseLactationEpigeneticsPhysiologyPregnancyBiologyEndocrinologyInternal medicineGeneticsGeneCellPaleontologyBirth, Development, and HealthInfant Nutrition and HealthChild Nutrition and Water Access