Book chapter
Prenatal Programming of Obesity
Food and Addiction
01 Aug 2012
Abstract
Chapter 17 discusses prenatal programming of obesity, and the role of macronutrient-specific peptide systems. It includes nutrient-specific control of feeding behavior by brain peptides, perinatal undernutrition and overnutrition, prenatal carbohydrate-rich diet, pernatal high-fat diet, and prenatal nicotine exposure.
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- Title
- Prenatal Programming of Obesity
- Creators
- Irene MorgansternJessica R BarsonSarah F Leibowitz
- Publication Details
- Food and Addiction
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurobiology and Anatomy; College of Medicine; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991020112101904721