Abstract

BASAIN VALDES, José María et al. Process of fetal programming as mechanism for causing obesity in the extrauterine life. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.10, pp. 1452-1459. ISSN 1029-3019.

The epidemic of obesity, with a marked increase of its prevalence in pregnant women, constitutes a critical problem for public health in the world. The risk factors related to obesity are multiple, among them, low birth weight, caused by the adverse conditions of the intra-uterine life, what later influences on the emergence of obesity. Such evidences can be explained through the theory of the fetal programming as mechanism for causing obesity in the extrauterine life, what constituted the topic discussed in this work

Keywords : obesity; fetal programming; fetal programming theory; low birth weight.

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