Overview
- This information will contribute to resolving the nature-nurture controversy
- This information provides guidance to clinical practitioners involved in both prenatal and postnatal care
- This volume further stimulates research into underlying mechanisms and prevention and treatment of this phenomenon
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Endocrine Updates (ENDO, volume 30)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Obesity: Nature or Nurture?
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Genetic disorders leading to obesity
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Epigenetic changes and the development of obesity
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Developmental programming and the development of obesity
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Reviews
From the reviews:
“An interesting and timely book. … For obstetricians, neonatologists and pediatricians in general. Recommended.” (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews (PER), Vol. 9 (2), December, 2011)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Obesity Before Birth
Book Subtitle: Maternal and prenatal influences on the offspring
Editors: Robert H Lustig
Series Title: Endocrine Updates
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7034-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-7033-6Published: 24 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2686-8Published: 05 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-7034-3Published: 23 September 2010
Series ISSN: 1566-0729
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 414
Topics: Endocrinology, Human Genetics, Food Science