What Is the Key Premise of the "Developmental Origins Hypothesis

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What is the key premise of the "developmental origins hypothesis"? How does maternal nutrition affect health of the offspring?

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Definitions:

IRR

Internal Rate of Return; a financial metric used to estimate the profitability of potential investments, calculated as the discount rate that makes the net present value of all cash flows from a particular project equal to zero.

Financial Break-Even

The point at which revenues equal expenses and neither profit nor loss is realized.

Required Rate

Also known as the Required Rate of Return, it is the minimum annual percentage return an investor expects to achieve from an investment.

Discounted Payback

The period of time required to recoup the cost of an investment considering the time value of money through discounted cash flows.