The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is implicated in hypertension and kidney
disease. The developing kidney can be programmed by various early-life insults by so …

Maternal nutrition plays a decisive role in developmental programming of many non-
communicable diseases (NCDs). A variety of nutritional insults during gestation can cause …

The societal burden of non-communicable disease is closely linked with environmental
exposures and lifestyle behaviours, including the adherence to a poor maternal diet from the …

Does the quality of our diet during early life impact our long-term mental health?
Accumulating evidence suggests that nutrition interacts with our genes and that there is a …

The importance of an adequate periconceptional maternal folate status to prevent fetal
neural tube defects has been well demonstrated and resulted in the recommendation for …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is becoming a global burden, despite recent advances in
management. CKD can begin in early life by so-called “developmental programming” or …

Nutrition affects the brain throughout life, with profound implications for cognitive decline and
dementia. These effects are mediated by changes in expression of multiple genes, and …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by early-appearing social communication
deficits, with genetic and environmental factors potentially playing a role in its etiology …

The prevalence of psychiatric disorders which are characterized by cognitive decline is
increasing at an alarming rate and account for a significant proportion of the global disease …

Lines of evidence have demonstrated that early-life malnutrition is highly correlated with
neurodevelopment and adulthood neuropsychiatric disorders, while some findings are …