OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that women with small-for-gestational-age (SGA) neonates
would have lower concentrations of leptin compared to women with appropriately grown …

Introduction High birth weight (HBW) is an established risk factor for childhood acute
lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The purpose of this study was to evaluate if birth weight (BW) …

Early life nutrition has substantial influences on postnatal health, with both under-and
overnutrition linked with permanent metabolic changes that alter reproductive and immune …

We have demonstrated previously that higher birth weight is associated with greater peak
and later‐life bone mineral content and that maternal body build, diet, and lifestyle influence …

Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer and a major source of morbidity and
mortality. The etiology of childhood leukemia remains largely unknown. Cytogenetic …

We have investigated the effects of maternal undernutrition during late gestation on maternal
and fetal plasma concentrations of leptin and on leptin gene expression in fetal perirenal …

Background: Nutritional factors during a sensitive period can influence child development in
a sex-related manner. Objective: Our aim was to investigate whether sex modulates the …

Prenatal factors have been hypothesized to influence subsequent breast cancer
development. Directly evaluating the associations of in utero exposures with risk, however …

Leptin, a hormone produced by adipose tissue and the placenta, is enhanced in the
maternal circulation throughout pregnancy in both the human and the baboon (Papio sp.), a …

Leptin, a recently discovered hormone that is involved in the regulation of body weight,
appears to be one of the hormonal factors that signal the body's readiness for sexual …