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Epigenetic Programming by Maternal Nutrition: Shaping Future Generations
1 Aug 2010
Abstract excerpt
Within the Western world's aging and increasingly overweight population, we are seeing an increasing prevalence of adult-onset, lifestyle-related disease such as diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis. There is significant evidence that suboptimal nutrition in pregnancy can lead to an increased risk of these diseases developing in offspring, and that this increased risk can be heritable. Thus, poor in utero...
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