Birth weight and body fat distribution in adolescent girls
Archives of Disease in ChildhoodPublished 1 November 1997Open access
M Barker, Siân Robinson, Clive Osmond, D. J. P. Barker
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In adolescent girls, the tendency to store fat on the trunk rather than the limbs, seems to be programmed by growth in fetal life, and is most evident in those who are overweight.
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In adolescent girls, the tendency to store fat on the trunk rather than the limbs, seems to be programmed by growth in fetal life, and is most evident in those who are overweight.
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