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Obesity Research
Being exposed to high levels of nutrition before birth can affect appetite for life
December 11th, 2006
Being exposed to high levels of nutrition before birth can influence the development of networks within the brain that regulate appetite to permanently set a pattern of appetite for life, according to researchers from the University of South Australia. In addition to changing the way in which the brain develops, high levels of nutrition before birth stimulate the developing fat cells, making them more likely to increase in size, resulting in obese babies who stay obese throughout their lives. How babies respond to nutrition from their mothers before birth and how the nutritional environment before birth impacts on health after birth has been the...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2006-12-11)
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