The long-term consequences of intra-uterine protein malnutrition for glucose metabolism

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Our initial observations, in epidemiological studies, linking indices of poor early (fetal and infant) growth to the subsequent development of poor glucose tolerance and the insulin resistance syndrome in adult life, have been confirmed in studies in a wide variety of populations around the world. These findings led us 5 years ago to propose the 'thrifty phenotype' hypothesis. Tests of this hypothesis in an...

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