[Low birth weight and obesity: causal or casual association?].

doi:10.1016/j.rpped.2014.09.007

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[Low birth weight and obesity: causal or casual association?].

Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo - 1 Jan 2000

Ribeiro Adolfo Monteiro, Lima Marília de Carvalho, de Lira Pedro Israel Cabral, da Silva Giselia Alves Pontes

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OBJECTIVE: To present the conceptual foundations that explain how events occurring during intrauterine life may influence body development, emphasizing the interrelation between low birth weight and risk of obesity throughout life. DATA SOURCES: Google Scholar, Library Scientific Electronic Online (SciELO), EBSCO, Scopus, and PubMed were the databases. "Catch-up growth", "life course health", "disease", "child",...

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Adult
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Obesity
Phenotype

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PMID: 26122207
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpped.2014.09.007
PMCID: PMC4620962

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