Comprehensive understanding of developmental origins of health and disease concepts: Early intervention to non-communicable diseases in China

IntroductionMortality due to various kinds of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has become an increasing focus of attention in recent years.1 With rapidly increasing globalization, lifestyles in low-and middle-income countries increasingly include high-fat diets and inadequate physical exercises are resulting in an increased worldwide burden of NCDs.2,3 A study by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) showed that about 382 million people had diabetes in 2013, and this will rise to 592 million by 2035.The number of people with type 2 diabetes is increasing in every country, and 80％ of people with diabetes live in low-and middle-income countries.The burden of NCDs and the prevalence of related risk factors such asoverweight and diabetes have also increased in China over the past decades.In 2005, NCDs accounted for an estimated 80％ of deaths and 70％ of disability-adjusted life-years lost in China.3141-144