Social Sciences

Cardiometabolic diseases (e.g. heart disease and diabetes) are the leading cause of death and morbidity worldwide. Diabetes, for example, will double in the next 30 years, with 80% of the rise occurring in middle and lower- income countries.

Early life growth outcomes are influenced by endemic exposures—e.g. ethnic growth patterns, cultural norms, nutritional and disease ecologies—and individually-varying factors such as household access to resources, family size, and paternal responses to perceived growth.