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Preliminary evidence for an impulsivity-based thrifty eating phenotype.
Pediatric research - 1 Mar 2012
Silveira Patrícia P, Agranonik Marilyn, Faras Hadeel, Portella André K, Meaney Michael J, Levitan Robert D
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INTRODUCTION: Low birth weight is associated with obesity and an increased risk for metabolic/cardiovascular diseases in later life. RESULTS: The results of the snack delay test, which encompassed four distinct trials, indicated that the gender × intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) × trial interaction was a predictor of the ability to delay the food reward (P = 0.002). Among children with normal birth weights,...
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