Postnatal Acute Famine and Risk of Overweight: The Dutch Hungerwinter Study

• Main Authors: Annet F. M. van Abeelen (Author), Sjoerd G. Elias (Author), Tessa J. Roseboom (Author), Patrick M. M. Bossuyt (Author), Yvonne T. van der Schouw (Author), Diederick E. Grobbee (Author), Cuno S. P. M. Uiterwaal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To examine the association between undernutrition during postnatal periods of development and the risk of overweight in adulthood. Methods. We studied 8,091 women from Prospect-EPIC, exposed to the Dutch famine at ages between 0 and 21 years, recruited at ages between 49 and 70 years. We...