Fetal, infant, and childhood growth are predictors of coronary heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension in adult men and women.
Many human fetuses have to adapt to a limited supply of nutrients. In doing so they permanently change their structure and metabolism. These programmed changes may be the origins of a number of diseases in later life, including coronary heart disease, hypertension, and noninsulin- dependent diabetes...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1637808/ |