Windows of Vulnerability: Consequences of Exposure Timing during the Dutch Hunger Winter.

ABSTRACT: Prior research on early-life exposures to famine has established in utero development as a critical period of vulnerability to malnutrition. Yet, previous research tends to focus narrowly on this stage, at the expense of a more comprehensive examination of childhood. As a result, the literature has yet to compare the severity of the consequences of exposure to malnutrition across developmentally salient periods. Such comparison is crucial not only in the magnitude of effects but also in the nature of outcomes. Using a restricted population registry-linked health survey, this study examines the Dutch Hunger Winter to provide a comprehensive examination of the long-term consequences of in utero, infant, childhood, and adolescent exposure to famine. The results show malnutrition leads to hete

SUBMITTER: Ramirez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087479 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature