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Chronic Disease
Studies from F. Jalil and co-researchers in the area of chronic disease published
August 5th, 2008
According to a study from Lahore, Pakistan, "Evidence suggests that risk of chronic diseases may be programmed during the foetal and early life of the infant. With high rates of low birthweight coupled with a rapid nutritional transition, low-income countries are facing an epidemic of chronic diseases." "Follow-up of a cohort of adults born. during 1964-1978 in an urban slum in Lahore, Pakistan, is presented in this paper. In 695 of these adults (mean age=29.0 years, males=56%), blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, and body mass index (BMI) were measured to assess early-life predictors of risk of chronic diseases. Sixteen percent of the study population was born with...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-05)
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