Background Accumulating evidence implicates early life factors in the aetiology of non-
communicable diseases, including asthma/wheezing disorders. We undertook a systematic …

Background: Developmental periods in early life may be particularly vulnerable to impacts of
environmental exposures. Human research on this topic has generally focused on single …

Barker's hypothesis suggests that health in adulthood can be influenced by events occurring
during the developmental period. 1 Studies from various parts of the world have shown …

The LIFE Child study is a large population-based longitudinal childhood cohort study
conducted in the city of Leipzig, Germany. As a part of LIFE, a research project conducted at …

Early life is an important window of opportunity to improve health across the full lifecycle. An
accumulating body of evidence suggests that exposure to adverse stressors during early life …

Background A lower exposure to the natural environment has been hypothesized to
adversely affect the human microbiome and its immunomodulatory capacity. However, the …

Background The importance of the environment on the development of the fetus and infant
throughout early life is increasingly recognised. To study such effects, biological samples …

This study aimed to investigate the association of ultra-processed food consumption at 4 and
7 years of age with appetitive traits at 7 years and BMI at 10 years of age. Participants were …

Background: Evidence of the association between parental child-feeding practices and the
child's body mass index (BMI) is controversial, and bidirectional effects have been poorly …

Objective To study the association between endometriosis and risk of pre-eclampsia,
cesarean section, postpartum hemorrhage, preterm birth, and small for gestational age …