Article
Early life programming of obesity and metabolic disease.
Physiology & behavior - 22 Apr 2008
Cottrell E C, Ozanne S E
Abstract excerpt
It is becoming increasingly apparent that conditions experienced in early life play an important role in the long-term health of individuals. Alterations in development due to impaired, excessive or imbalanced growth, both in utero and during critical periods of relative plasticity beyond birth, can lead to the permanent programming of physiological systems. The regulation of energy balance is one area that is...
Topics
Join the communities discussing this publication.