Commentary: The thrifty phenotype and the hierarchical preservation of tissues under stress

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1223-1227

  Wells, Jonathan C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FAT INTAKE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUNGER; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFE HISTORY; LIPID STORAGE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; SUGAR INTAKE; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 84884797585     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt130     Document Type: Note

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