Obesity in women: A life cycle of medical risk

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue , 2007, Pages S3-S7

  Ryan, D ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Intergenerational programming; Pregnancy; Women

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENCE; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MACROSOMIA; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 35649007926     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803729     Document Type: Article

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