Fetal origins of insulin resistance and obesity

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-151

  Stocker, Claire J ^a   Arch, Jonathan R S ^a   Cawthorne, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insulin resistance; Intrauterine growth restriction; Low birth weight; Obesity

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN;

ADIPOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FETUS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LACTATION; LIPID DIET; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RATS;

EID: 20444453990     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS2005417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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