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Living things are often plastic during their early development and are moulded by the environment. Many human fetuses have to adapt to a limited supply of nutrients, and in doing so they permanently change their physiology and metabolism. These programmed changes may be the origins of a number of diseases in later life, including coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes and hypertension.
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Barker, D. A new model for the origins of chronic disease. Med Health Care Philos 4, 31–35 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009934412988
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