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Determining the consequences of maternal obesity for offspring health
8 Oct 2015
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NEW FINDINGS: What is the topic of this review? Observational studies have highlighted the association of increasing maternal body mass index with offspring adiposity and the subsequent risk of cardiometabolic disorders in adulthood. The in utero environment has become a target for intervention in order to reduce the burden of obesity, despite the mechanistic pathways of this association remaining unclear. What...
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