Sedentary behavior during postnatal life is determined by the prenatal environment and exacerbated by postnatal hypercaloric nutrition

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 1 54-1, 2003, Pages

  Vickers, M H ^a   Breier, B H ^a   McCarthy, D ^a   Gluckman, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behavior; Obesity; Programming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIFESTYLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING;

EID: 0037974465     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00051.2003     Document Type: Article

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