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Early Development of Visceral Fat Excess after Spontaneous Catch-Up Growth in Children with Low Birth Weight
19 Dec 2007
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CONTEXT: The sequence of prenatal growth restraint and infantile catch-up of weight is by the age of 4 yr associated with hyperinsulinemic adiposity. We studied whether the adiposity of post-catch-up children born small for gestational age (SGA) is further amplified between age 4 and 6 yr and whether visceral fat excess has already emerged by the age of 6 yr. SETTING: The study took place at a university...
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