Open AccessIntrauterine famine exposure and body proportions at birth: the Dutch Hunger Winter
Author(s) -
Aryeh D. Stein
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyh083
Subject(s) - pregnancy , famine , medicine , malnutrition , fetus , body mass index , birth weight , demography , obstetrics , endocrinology , biology , geography , genetics , archaeology , sociology
Fetal programming of adult disease may be a long-term effect of fetal nutrition. Expected short-term effects include changes in body size and proportions at birth. The specific responses of fetal growth to acute undernutrition at varying points in pregnancy are still unclear.
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