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Fetal Origins of Obesity

1 Apr 2003

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The worldwide epidemic of obesity continues unabated. Obesity is notoriously difficult to treat, and, thus, prevention is critical. A new paradigm for prevention, which evolved from the notion that environmental factors in utero may influence lifelong health, has emerged in recent years. A large number of epidemiological studies have demonstrated a direct relationship between birth weight and BMI attained in...

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PMID: 12690076
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.69

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