Why underweight babies become obese: Study says disrupted hypothalamus is to blame
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 22:30
in Health & Medicine
A new animal model study has found that in low–birth-weight babies whose growth was restricted in the womb, the level of appetite-producing neuropeptides in the brain's hypothalamus — the central control of the appetite — is higher, resulting in a natural tendency among these children to consume more calories.
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