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Long-Term Effects of Placental Growth on Overweight and Body Composition
Obesity is programmed in utero and small babies generally have small placentas. In some circumstances, an undernourished fetus can expand its placental surface to extract more nutrients. We hypothesize that this results in an imbalanced nutrient supply to the fetus leading to obesity. To determine w...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3337610/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22570665 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/324185 |