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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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Autores principales: Eriksson, Johan G., Gelow, Jill, Thornburg, Kent L., Osmond, Clive, Laakso, Markku, Uusitupa, Matti, Lindi, Virpi, Kajantie, Eero, Barker, David J. P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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