Growing fat in utero: timing is everything

Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 259 - 260
Published: Apr 1, 2020
Abstract
Obesity begets obesity, diabetes begets diabetes. This vicious cycle needs to be interrupted if the obesity and diabetes epidemic are to be combatted. Pregnancies in mothers with obesity or pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes often result in a neonate with a high birthweight. The neonatal phenotype in these pregnancies is characterised by increased fat accretion, whereas lean body mass is unaltered. 1 Catalano PM Thomas A...
Paper Details
Title
Growing fat in utero: timing is everything
Published Date
Apr 1, 2020
Volume
8
Issue
4
Pages
259 - 260
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