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Maternal malnutrition and anaemia in India: dysregulations leading to the 'thin-fat' phenotype in newborns.
Journal of nutritional science - 1 Jan 2021
Pandit Prachi, Galande Sanjeev, Iris François
Abstract excerpt
Maternal and child malnutrition and anaemia remain the leading factors for health loss in India. Low birth weight (LBW) offspring of women suffering from chronic malnutrition and anaemia often exhibit insulin resistance and infantile stunting and wasting, together with increased risk of developing cardiometabolic disorders in adulthood. The resulting self-perpetuating and highly multifactorial disease burden...
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