The maternal intrauterine environment as a generator of children at risk of metabolic syndrome: a review O ambiente intrauterino como fator de risco para a síndrome metabólica: uma revisão

• Hauptverfasser: Suzana Maria Ramos Costa (Verfasst von), Giselia Alves Pontes da Silva (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco, 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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Nowadays, scientists are paying special attention to the increasing prevalence of obesity and associated co-morbidities, especially metabolic syndrome. This is due to observation of the spread of this syndrome from one generation to another and the growing number of obese pregnant women, which seems...