Includes bibliographical references and index.

The burden of osteoporosis / Elizabeth Curtis, Nicholas C. Harvey and Cyrus Cooper -- DOHaD : the concept, its implications and applications / Mark Hanson and Cyrus Cooper -- Early growth, bone development and risk of adult fracture / Michael A. Clynes, Nicholas C. Harvey and Elaine M. Dennison -- Maternal nutrition, lifestyle and anthropometry during pregnancy, and offspring bone development / Rebecca J. Moon, Nicholas Harvey -- Vitamin D in early life : from observation to intervention / Nicholas C. Harvey, Rebecca J. Moon and Cyrus Cooper -- Nutrition and bone health during childhood and adolescence : a global perspective / Kate A. Ward, Ann Prentice, Shane A. Norris, John M. Pettifor -- Developmental plasticity, epigenetic mechanisms and early life influences on adult health and disease : fundamental concepts / Elizabeth Curtis, Karen Lillycrop and Mark Hanson -- Epigenetic mechanisms in bone development / Elizabeth Curtis, Nicholas C. Harvey and Cyrus Cooper -- The material and structural basis of the growth-related gain and age-related loss of bone strength / Ego Seeman -- Risk factors for post peak bone loss and osteoporotic fracture : lessons from population studies / Bo Abrahamsen -- Risk factors for post peak bone loss and osteoporotic fracture : lessons from novel imaging studies / Namrata Madhusudan, Mark H. Edwards and Elaine M. Dennison -- Assessment of fracture risk / Eugene V. McCloskey, William D. Leslie and John A. Kanis -- Therapeutic approaches to bone protection in adulthood / Elizabeth Curtis, Michael McClung and Juliet Compston -- A lifecourse perspective on bone health and disease : scientific and social implications / Mark Hanson, Ruth Muller and Michi Penkler.

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