Introduction Epidemiological studies have shown that weaker grip strength in later life is
associated with disability, morbidity, and mortality. Grip strength is a key component of the …

OBJECTIVE Fixed genomic variation explains only a small proportion of the risk of adiposity.
In animal models, maternal diet alters offspring body composition, accompanied by …

Birth weight variation is influenced by fetal and maternal genetic and non-genetic factors,
and has been reproducibly associated with future cardio-metabolic health outcomes. In …

Background Preterm birth, low birth weight, and infant catch-up growth seem associated
with an increased risk of respiratory diseases in later life, but individual studies showed …

Principal component analysis (PCA) is a popular method of dietary patterns analysis, but our
understanding of its use to describe changes in dietary patterns over time is limited. Using a …

Background A link between exposure to the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) and
respiratory disease has been suggested. Viral infections are the major cause of asthma …

Inverse associations between birthweight and later risk of major chronic diseases, notably
cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis, have been found in various studies. 1 …

Birth weight within the normal range is associated with a variety of adult-onset diseases, but
the mechanisms behind these associations are poorly understood 1 . Previous genome-…

A woman's life style choices before and during pregnancy have important implications for
her unborn child, but information on behaviour can be unreliable when data are collected …

Background: Intrauterine life may be a critical period for the programming of later obesity,
but there is conflicting evidence about whether pregnancy weight gain is an important …