To catch up or not to catch up: Is this the question? Lessons from animal models

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-29

  Jimenez Chillaron, Josep C ^a   Patti, Mary Elizabeth ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catch up growth; Compensatory growth; Developmental origins of adult disease; Low birth weight associated disease; Postnatal growth rate

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CELL DAMAGE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL GROWTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847751137     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e328013da8e     Document Type: Review

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