Evidence that long-term health is shaped by the environment in early life calls for prenatal interventions to tackle chronic disease, argue David Barker and colleagues.
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Barker, D., Barker, M., Fleming, T. et al. Developmental biology: Support mothers to secure future public health. Nature 504, 209–211 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/504209a
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