Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
Sci Transl Med. 2011 Jul 27;3(93):93cm19. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3002554.
Developed countries are struggling to control epidemics of obesity and related chronic diseases; thus, we can expect only limited success from applying the current approaches to the developing world, which is experiencing an alarming increase in such disorders. This failure results in part from the fact that our focus on adult life-styles, although important, ignores data that suggest that biological and cultural factors operating early in life affect adult health status. To stem the rising obesity burden in developing countries, scientists and policy-makers must address obesity-promoting factors from early development to adulthood.
发达国家正在努力控制肥胖症和相关慢性疾病的流行；因此，我们可以预计，将当前的方法应用于发展中国家，收效将十分有限，因为后者正经历着这些疾病令人震惊的增长。这种失败在一定程度上是由于我们关注成人生活方式，尽管这很重要，但却忽略了一些数据，这些数据表明，生命早期起作用的生物和文化因素会影响成人的健康状况。为了遏制发展中国家肥胖症负担的上升，科学家和政策制定者必须从早期发展到成年期解决促进肥胖的因素。
