Developmental programming has gained considerable attention in animal sciences because early conditions can shape how ...

BACKGROUND: There is evidence that malnutrition in early life induces a growth retardation leading, in adult life, to manifest components of the metabolic syndrome. However, the impact on obesity ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 117, No. 39 (September 29, 2020), pp. 24392-24402 (11 pages) Enhancing long-term persistence while simultaneously ...

There is now considerable evidence that a constitutional susceptibility to fat gain is necessary for children to become obese under the pressure of an obesogenic environment; this is the programming ...

Ontario is expanding culturally relevant licensed child care and early years programs, and investing in more child care spaces for First Nation, Métis and Inuit children and their families living in ...

When people think of Head Start programming, images of preschoolers typically come to mind. In reality, while Head Start preschool programming does serve children ages 3-5, there is also Early Head ...

Every year the nation celebrates the Week of the Young Child in early April. This year’s week of recognition is April 6-12. The Early Childhood Education Department of Eagle County School District ...