Open AccessAn obesogenic postnatal environment is more important than the fetal environment for the development of adult adiposity: a study of female twins
Author(s) -
Paula Skidmore,
Aedín Cassidy,
R. Swaminathan,
J. Brent Richards,
Massimo Mangino,
Tim D. Spector,
Alex J. MacGregor
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27269
Subject(s) - lean body mass , birth weight , endocrinology , fat mass , fetus , in utero , twin study , medicine , obesity , physiology , body mass index , obstetrics , biology , body weight , pregnancy , heritability , genetics
A relation between birth weight and adult body composition has been reported in singleton populations, especially when more accurate measures of body composition, such as dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) were used. It remains uncertain whether this is mediated by a direct effect of fetal nutrition, through factors in the shared environment, or through genetic factors.
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