CD – Building Healthy Adults; Laying the Foundation in Childhood (2015)
There is a growing burden of chronic disease in healthcare around the world. Diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, cancer and neurological conditions all classically affect adults, and increase in incidence with aging. A significant body of literature indicates that the foundation for all these conditions are laid in childhood; indeed, from fetal development onward. Malnutrition, physical inactivity, […]