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Maternal Over- and Malnutrition and Increased Risk for Addictive and Eating Disorders in the Offspring
22 Feb 2023
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Evidence from human and animal studies has shown that maternal overnutrition and/or obesity are linked with neurobehavioral changes in the offspring. This fetal programming is characterized by adaptive responses to changes in the nutritional state during early life. In the past decade, an association has been made between overconsumption of highly-palatable food by the mother during fetal development and abnormal...
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