date:Feb 13, 2014
of the approaches we are taking in SiNMeD is to see how we can modify factors like pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, and early life nutrition and lifestyle to promote health and prevent disease, especially non-communicable diseases like obesity and diabetes. The CNRC will bring new precision to our understanding of how food can be used for good.
The prevalence of diabetes in the adult population in Singapore has increased from 9% in 1998 to 11.3% in 2010 , while that for obesity has increased from 6% t