A Perinatal Strategy For Preventing Adult Disease: The Role Of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids [electronic resource] / by Undurti N. Das

Author	Das, Undurti N. author
Title	A Perinatal Strategy For Preventing Adult Disease: The Role Of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids [electronic resource] / by Undurti N. Das
Imprint	Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2002
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8564-4
Descript	192 p. online resource

CONTENT

1 Introduction Fetal/Perinatal imprinting on later life -- 2 Perinatal origins of adult disease Obesity -- 3 Perinatal origins of adult disease Insulin resistance and Diabetes mellitus -- 4 Perinatal origins ofadult disease Hypertension -- 5 Perinatal origins of adult disease Coronary heart disease -- 6 Metabolic Syndrome X and low-grade systemic inflammation -- 7 Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in adult diseases: A hypothesis -- 8 Breast-feeding Composition and benefits -- 9 Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids Metabolism, physiology and clinical significance -- lO A perinatal strategy to prevent adult diseases: The Role of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids Clinical implications and testing the hypothesis

SUBJECT

Medicine
Internal medicine
Cardiology
Pediatrics
Medicine & Public Health
Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Pediatrics