🔥 What if the biggest predictor of your future health was something that happened before you were born?​ ​ That question ignited a scientific journey that transformed global nutrition and chronic‑disease research.​ ​ In this new episode of Milestones in Pediatric Nutrition, Prof. Andrew Prentice speaks with Prof. Chittaranjan Yajnik, whose collaboration with David Barker helped turn a bold idea into one of the most influential theories in modern medicine: the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD).​ ​ Their story spans continents and decades:​ 🔹 A map of England revealing a strange pattern: early-life deprivation mirroring adult heart disease​ 🔹 A trip to India that uncovered a paradox — rising diabetes in people with lower BMI​ 🔹 The moment the world met the “thin‑fat Indian baby”… and realized the womb might hold the key to the NCD epidemic​ 🔹 A global shift toward understanding how pregnancy and early childhood shape lifelong metabolic health​ This isn’t just science — it’s a story about rethinking everything we believed about where disease begins.​ ​ 🎧 Listen to the full conversation:​ Website: https://nes.tl/fcr5xp ​ NNI365 App: https://nes.tl/ra3rr0 ​ ​ #NNI #NestléNutritionInstitute #NNI365 #Podcast​ #DOHaD #MilestonesInPediatricNutrition #EarlyLifeNutrition​ #NCDs #MaternalHealth #ChildHealth #GlobalHealth