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Maternal Macronutrient Consumption and the Developmental Origins of Metabolic Disease in the Offspring
6 Jul 2017
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Recent research aimed at understanding the rise in obesity and cardiometabolic disease in children suggests that suboptimal maternal nutrition conditions organ systems and physiological responses in the offspring contributing to disease development. Understanding the mechanisms by which the macronutrient composition of the maternal diet during pregnancy or lactation affects health outcomes in the offspring may...
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