Martínez VLE

Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 108-113
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ABSTRACT

The purpose of the present review is to summarize some of the intrauterine factors implicated on the person’s development during neonatal and fetal life producing the concept of “fetal programming of adult diseases”. This is an analysis of the role of maternal nutrition and intrauterine growth restriction as risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, coronary heart disease, hypertension and the epigenetic mechanisms that interact with gene expression during development, establishing the set points of physiological processes that will regulate adult functions.

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