Discussion

Article Abstract:

An expert panel discussion on the epidemiological background between birth weight and disease was followed by evidence on intergenerational effects. The control of fetal growth is linked to smoking and subject to much debate. The topic of nutrients and development as associated with the immune system was debated, followed by contributions concerning early programming and metabolism, early nutritional significance on secular changes in height, mental development, puberty, reproduction, and public health implications.

Food and nutrition, Pregnant women, Infants, Birth weight, Prenatal influences

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The potential impact of nutritional change on the global burden of viral disease

Article Abstract:

Issues discussed concern the prevalence of global malnutrition and the relationship between nutritional change and the development of viral diseases. Topics addressed include host-virus relationships, food production in developing countries, and nutritional factors that influence immune function and viral virulence.

World, International aspects

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Discussion

Article Abstract:

A discussion from the Eighteenth Marabou Symposium on nutrition and viruses is presented. Panelists discuss viral evolution, nutrient-virus interactions, immune response, viral uptake, processing and transmission, HIV infection, and public health.

United States, Research, Viruses, Evolution (Biology), Immunity, Immunity (Physiology)

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