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The Generation R Study is a population-based prospective cohort study from fetal life until adulthood. The study is designed to identify early environmental and genetic pathways leading to normal and abnormal growth, development and health. An important focus of Generation R is to identify early life determinants of common (mostly non-communicable) diseases in adulthood. Pregnant women living in the Rotterdam area, the Netherlands, were included between 2002 and 2006. After birth, the children and their parents have been followed in multiple assessment waves up until young adulthood.

Generation R研究是一项基于人群的前瞻性队列研究，随访周期覆盖从胎儿期直至成年阶段。该研究旨在识别可导致正常与异常生长、发育及健康状态的早期环境与遗传通路。Generation R研究的一项重要核心目标，是明确成年期常见（多为非传染性）疾病的早期生命决定因素。本研究于2002至2006年间纳入居住在荷兰鹿特丹地区的孕妇。子代出生后，研究团队已通过多轮评估随访对儿童及其父母进行追踪，直至其步入青年成年阶段。