Effect Of Diet and Other Early Exposures on Child Health and Development

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Diet and other early exposures may affect child development and the risk of several chronic diseases, but additional research is needed. The current research described in this catch-all project comprises two project, described below We conducted a study of risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease among adolescents. This study took advantange of newly available data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004. The prevalence of this potentially serious condition was found to be suprizingly high--8%. We also conducted a study of determinants of age at menarche among young women in the Collaborative Perinatal Project. The main finding was that, in contrast with a previous study, that exposure to cigarette smoke in utero was unrelated to subsequent age at menarche. Last years progress: Two papers were published (see list below).