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[Early nutrition: the role of genetics and epigenetics].
La Pediatria medica e chirurgica : Medical and surgical pediatrics - 1 Jan 2000
Liotto N, Miozzo M, Giannì M L, Taroni F, Morlacchi L, Piemontese P, Roggero P, Mosca F
Abstract excerpt
Many adult diseases seem to be associated with early nutrition and the subsequent growth pattern. Epidemiological studies hypotized that babies with intrauterine and/or neonatal growth retardation may be at greater risk of metabolic syndrome later in life. According to the Barker's "thrifty phenotype hypotesis" early malnutrition, whereas inducing physiological compensation by the promotion of early survival,...
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