@article{12ca6147ea8e47e8888066be4c03a45e,
title = "Synergies between the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease framework and multiple branches of evolutionary anthropology",
abstract = "The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis derives from the epidemiological and basic/mechanistic health sciences. This well-supported hypothesis holds that environment during the earliest stages of life—pre-conception, pregnancy, infancy—shapes developmental trajectories and ultimately health outcomes across the lifespan. Evolutionary anthropologists from multiple subdisciplines are embracing synergies between the DOHaD framework and developmentalist approaches from evolutionary biology. Even wider dissemination and employment of DOHaD concepts will benefit evolutionary anthropological research. Insights from experimental DOHaD work will focus anthropologists' attention on biochemical/physiological mechanisms underpinning observed links between growth/health/behavioral outcomes and environmental contexts. Furthermore, the communication tools and wide public appeal of developmentalist health scientific research may facilitate the translation/application of evolutionary anthropological findings. Evolutionary Anthropology, in turn, can increase mainstream DOHaD research's use of evolutionary theory; holistic, longitudinal, and community-based perspectives; and engagement with populations whose environmental exposures differ from those most commonly studied in the health sciences.",
keywords = "applied evolutionary anthropology, Barker hypothesis, biochemical mechanisms, biological normalcy, developmental plasticity, DOHaD, epidemiology",
author = "Luseadra McKerracher and Ruby Fried and Kim, {Andrew W.} and Tina Moffat and Sloboda, {Deborah M.} and Tracey Galloway",
note = "Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge the time and energy invested by our colleague, Dr. Lori D'Ortenzio, as well as that of the editors and of four anonymous reviewers whose thoughtful comments on earlier versions of this manuscript greatly improved its structure and argumentation. We also thank the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropology (CAPA-ACAP) for hosting the symposium that brought the co-authors together and inspired the writing of this piece. Financial support for this work was provided by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), in the form of salary for the lead and co-corresponding authors. Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge the time and energy invested by our colleague, Dr. Lori D'Ortenzio, as well as that of the editors and of four anonymous reviewers whose thoughtful comments on earlier versions of this manuscript greatly improved its structure and argumentation. We also thank the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropology (CAPA‐ACAP) for hosting the symposium that brought the co‐authors together and inspired the writing of this piece. Financial support for this work was provided by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), in the form of salary for the lead and co‐corresponding authors. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1002/evan.21860",
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "214--219",
journal = "Evolutionary Anthropology",
issn = "1060-1538",
publisher = "Wiley-Liss Inc.",
number = "5",
}