Early life programming of obesity: The impact of the perinatal environment on the development of obesity and metabolic dysfunction in the offspring

Current Diabetes Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-68

  Spencer, Sarah J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glucocorticoids; Insulin; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIFE EVENT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84855832121     PISSN: 15733998     EISSN: 18756417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339912798829214     Document Type: Article

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