This book reviews public health activities such as awareness campaigns, health education, and strategies for health policy based on recent epidemiological studies that provide insights into epigenetic processes caused by environmental factors and developmental plasticity. It provides the latest concepts and findings on the public health aspects of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) research regarding early prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Attention is especially paid to key issues, including strategies for the effective prevention of NCDs in developmental stages of life and younger generations rather than in adults and the elderly.Public Health Aspects in Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) is structured in two parts; the first focuses on general remarks reviewing specific recommendations, practical methods and protocols, and future goals regarding public health aspects, while the second presents brief profiles of individual cohorts and consortia studies. This collection will benefit both new and established researchers, as well as students in the fields of epidemiology, clinical medicine, nutrition, education, and public health who are seeking comprehensive information on DOHaD and preemptive medicine.

Editors;Fumihiro SataChuo University Health Center, Tokyo, Japan Hideoki FukuokaWaseda University, Tokyo, Japan Mark HansonAcademic Unit of Human Development and Health, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Part 1General Remarks.- 1Maternal exposure to environmental chemicals and health outcomes later in life.- 2DOHaD cohort studies and public health implications in Japan.- 3DOHaD interventions: Opportunities during adolescence and the periconceptional period.- 4Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Cohorts and Interventions: Status and Perspective.- 5Science, Technology and Innovation Policy: Proposal of Preemptive/Precision Medicine Strategy (including DOHaD Part 2Public Health Aspect in Each Cohort or Consortium.- 6The Origins Project.- 7Growing Up in New Zealand a pre-birth cohort study of child wellbeing and development.- 8Public Health Aspect of the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) mother-offspring cohort.- 9Hokkaido Study on Environment and Childrens Health.- 10Chiba study of Mother and Childrens Health (C-MACH).- 11Hamamatsu Birth Cohort for Mothers and Children (HBC Study).- 12Birth Cohort Consortium of Asia (BiCCA): CurrentChildrens Environmental Health Issues in Asia and Future Perspectives.