Epigenetic Programming and Fetal Metabolic Programming
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Maternal obesity and fetal metabolic programming: a fertile epigenetic soil.
The incidence of obesity and overweight has reached epidemic levels in the United States and developed countries worldwide. Even more alarming is the increasing prevalence of metabolic diseases in younger children and adolescents. Infants born to obese, overweight, and diabetic mothers (even when normal weight) have increased adiposity and are at increased risk of later metabolic disease. In ad...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Endocrinology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1664-2392
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00764