Children and adolescents of the 1959-61 Chinese famine: Survivors face increased risk of non-communicable diseases 50 years later, with those exposed in utero or under age 2 at double the risk

Children and adolescents of the 1959-61 Chinese famine: Survivors face increased risk of non-communicable diseases 50 years later, with those exposed in utero or under age 2 at double the risk.

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0002161

Article Title: Exposure to the 1959–1961 Chinese famine and risk of non-communicable diseases in later life: A life course perspective

Author Countries: Switzerland, UK

Funding: Mengling Cheng acknowledges funding from the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research “LIVES - Overcoming vulnerability: Life course perspectives” financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (51NF40-185901) and the European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant (801076). Marko Kerac also gratefully acknowledges UKRI GCRF / Medical Research Council funding (grant reference MR/V000802/1). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.