How the Placenta Predicts Lifelong Health and Disease Risk

https://www.news-medical.net/health/How-the-Placenta-Predicts-Lifelong-Health-and-Disease-Risk.aspx The placenta plays a central role in fetal development by regulating nutrient transfer, hormonal signaling, and immune interactions, thereby shaping lifelong health outcomes. Evidence from developmental programming research indicates that placental structure and function, as well as environmental exposures during pregnancy, can predict cardiometabolic disease risk later in life.