Prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine is associated with a preference for fatty foods and a more atherogenic lipid profile

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1648-1652

  Lussana, Federico ^a,b   Painter, Rebecca C ^a,c   Ocke, Marga C ^d   Buller, Harry R ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M ^a   Roseboom, Tessa J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUNGER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN INTAKE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; STARVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 57449086198     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26140     Document Type: Article

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