Primary Care Pediatrics and Public Health

"The impact of adverse childhood events and determinants on the quality of adult health is clear. Social determinants are inextricably linked to health equity and, ultimately, social justice. In the United States, childhood obesity, dental caries, asthma, and early mental health issues are prevalent in today's child population and interact reciprocally with family dysfunction and school stress. Studies have examined the link between childhood obesity and cardiovascular disease in adulthood, lack of adequate calcium and vitamin D intake in childhood on adult osteoporosis, and childhood emotional stress on adult mental and physical health problems...." 

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/774785_4