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Introducing the ORIGINS project: a community-based interventional birth cohort

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose the greatest threat to human health globally. The dramatic rise in early onset NCDs - such as childhood obesity, the allergy epidemic and an increasing burden of mental ill health in children and youth - reflect the profound early impact of modern environments on developing systems.

Citation:
Silva DT, Hagemann E, Davis JA, Gibson LY, Srinivasjois R, Palmer DJ, Colvin L, Tan J, Prescott SL. Introducing the ORIGINS project: a community-based interventional birth cohort. Rev Environ Health. 2020 Sep 25;35(3):281-293. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2020-0057. PMID: 32853171.

Keywords:
DOHaD; collaboration; epidemiology; intervention; microbiome; non-communicable diseases; population; pregnancy; prevention.

Abstract:
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose the greatest threat to human health globally. The dramatic rise in early onset NCDs - such as childhood obesity, the allergy epidemic and an increasing burden of mental ill health in children and youth - reflect the profound early impact of modern environments on developing systems.