Early nutrition, epigenetics and developmental outcomes in children.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1038018

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Increasing evidence demonstrates that early nutrition, including in pregnancy, has long lasting programming effects on later health of children. Evidence implicates epigenetics (literally ‘above DNA’) in mediating these effects. The most convincing data exists for obesity and related disorders such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and heart disease. The focus of this project is on understanding how ‘epigenetic’ mechanisms are influencing the way our genes function to cause these disorders.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Targeted Calls

Funding Amount: $550,093.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

DNA methylation | child health | epigenetics | gene expression | maternal nutrition | metabolic disorders | prenatal programming

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