Early life nutrition and energy balance disorders in offspring in later life

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 8090-8111

  Reynolds, Clare M ^a   Gray, Clint ^a   Li, Minglan ^a   Segovia, Stephanie A ^a   Vickers, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Developmental programming; Energy balance; Maternal nutrition; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; DEXAMPHETAMINE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HORMONE; LEPTIN; MICRORNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SIRTUIN 3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; DNA METHYLATION; ENERGY BALANCE DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETUS GROWTH; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEREDITY; HUNGER; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIPID DIET; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PLASTICITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; REVIEW; AGE; ANIMAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MODEL; EMBRYOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84942357839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7095384     Document Type: Review

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