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Early programming of adult diseases in resource poor countries.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Apr 2005
Prentice A M, Moore S E
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Considerable evidence now exists to suggest that early exposure to nutritional deprivation can have long term consequences to health, with low birth weight now considered a risk factor for later health outcomes such as coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome. Of importance, such effects are most exaggerated when faced with over-nutrition in later life, forming the basis for the...
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