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

饮食和其他早期接触可能会影响儿童发育和几种慢性病的风险，但还需要进一步的研究。 在这个包罗万象项目中描述的当前研究包括两个项目，如下所述 我们对青少年中的非酒精性脂肪性肝病的危险因素进行了研究。这项研究利用了1999-2004年全国健康与营养检查调查的最新数据。这一潜在严重疾病的患病率被发现高得惊人--8%。 我们还在合作围产期项目中对年轻女性月经初潮年龄的决定因素进行了研究。主要的发现是，与之前的一项研究相反，在子宫中暴露于香烟烟雾与月经初潮的后续年龄无关。 过去几年的进展： 发表了两篇论文(见下表)。

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).