Fetal and infant growth and impaired glucose tolerance in adulthood: the "thrifty phenotype" hypothesis revisited.

doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb18350.x

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Fetal and infant growth and impaired glucose tolerance in adulthood: the "thrifty phenotype" hypothesis revisited.

Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Supplement - 1 Jul 1997

Hales C N

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The epidemiological links observed between fetal and infant growth and impaired glucose tolerance in adult life that led to the formulation of the "thrifty phenotype" hypothesis have been confirmed by others in widely differing populations. The proposed nutritional basis of these links has been t...

Topics

Animals
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Diet
Dietary Proteins
Disease Models, Animal
Embryonic and Fetal Development
Female
Fetal Growth Retardation
Glucose Intolerance
Humans
Male
Phenotype
Pregnancy
Rats

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