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The young hunter hypothesis: age-related weight gain--a tribute to the thrifty theories.

Medical hypotheses - 1 Dec 2000

Vardi P, Pinhas-Hamiel O

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A gradual and persistent physiologic increase in body weight of 3-5 kg per decade occurs between the third to the fifth decade. The thrifty genotype theory explains weight gain in large populations, the thrifty phenotype theory explains weight gain in subjects with intrauterine growth retardation. The young hunter theory explains the physiologic age-related weight gain. We believe this is nature's method of...

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PMID: 11090303
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1112

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