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Developmental programming of energy balance and the metabolic syndrome.
The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society - 1 May 2007
Cottrell Elizabeth C, Ozanne Susan E
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The increasing prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in numerous populations throughout the world is currently of major concern, and presents a huge global health problem. The link between low birth weight and the subsequent development of obesity, disrupted glucose homeostasis and hypertension is now well established, and there is extensive evidence supporting these associations in both epidemiological and...
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