Fetal programmig, intrauterine toxic stress and consequences on the product

Abstract

Two decades ago Baker gave the concept of Fetal Programming (FP), where he associated the prenatal environment and the development of the fetus. Consequently, the representation of FP "the introduction of fetal responses due to the uterine environment" that conditions functional and structural changes in the fetus itself, with repercussions in the short and long term. Consequently, if the prenatal environment is adverse in development, we will possibly have pathologies in extra uterine life. The evidences mentioned, the processes involved in the development of various functions of complex organic systems, would begin long before birth and would shape health problems in the future.

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