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Metabolic consequences of intrauterine growth retardation combined with adult obesity

1998-01-01

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Growing evidence exists for an association between fetal and early growth restriction and the subsequent development of various adult degenerative diseases such as type 2 diabetes and the insulin resistance syndrome. At highest risk are those individuals that were growth restricted in very early life but are obese in adult life. These factors have been addressed in the thrifty phenotype hypothesis. Central to this...

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10.17863/cam.17308
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