Nutrition and hygiene during early childhood are important in determining the risk of the diseases which follow industrialization. We still know little about the processes involved.
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Barker, D. Rise and fall of Western diseases. Nature 338, 371–372 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/338371a0
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