… Higher neonatal body fat percentage is … body composition and body fat percentage could
be a more specific marker of future risk of metabolic syndrome as compared with birth weight (…

… growth patterns drive fetal programming effects. However, … integrated with data on fetal
programming and risks of metabolic … gene effects on birth weight, body composition, trajectories of …

… appears to be influenced by maternal body composition, metabolism, stress and diet from …
gestational weight gain all increase offspring birth weight and lead to fetal programming of …

… ), which are pivotal in fetal programming studies. The experiments can be … compositions of
experimental food for rodents during development with the ability to induce fetal programming …

… A recent study from the Early Growth Genetics (EGG) consortium identified more than 140
fetal loci associated with birth weight. A genetic risk score generated from 60 of these loci was …

… and body composition in preterm infants often do not differentiate between birth weight and
… birth weight children. Different databases were searched for studies regarding growth and …

… Infants exposed to great levels of cortisol during gestation show a significant reduction in
birth weight. The enzymes 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases 1 and 2 control the …

… A strong negative correlation between birth weight and the incidence of hypertension,
non-fatal coronary disease, and stroke was found in extensive prospective cohort studies …

… modifications to mediate observed links between early environmental exposures and later
… of epigenetic processes in mediating fetal programming using evidence from animal and …

… Second, we found that genes linked to SNPs associated with birth weight, obesity, adiposity,
and type 2 diabetes by GWAS have been also annotated to sites that have altered DNA …