EaRly Nutrition programming- long term Efficacy and Safety Trials and integrated epidemiological, genetic, animal, consumer and economic research (EARNEST)

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Recent data indicate that the connection between perinatal nutrition and adult health is significant and measurable. The five-year EARNEST project will collect the best possible data from large randomised, controlled human trials and prospective studies to examine the mechanisms by which early nutrition programmes long-term adult health. EARNEST will assess the socio-economic costs of poor nutrition and analyse consumer knowledge and attitudes about nutritional programming. It will establish the potential of public health interventions to prevent and reverse harmful programming. It will also provide quantitative estimates of how European wealth creation would be enhanced by improved early nutrition. The resulting data from all these studies will furnish a strong scientific basis for promoting health in European populations, helping to correct social inequalities in healthcare, education and policy development.