Metabolic consequences of intrauterine growth retardation combined with adult obesity

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 lif...

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Main Author: Petry, Clive John
Published: University of Cambridge 1998
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.624703