Size matters: Baby's size at birth may predict risk for disease later in life
Friday, October 31, 2014 - 04:02
in Health & Medicine
Being overweight might be better in the long term than being underweight, at least when it comes to infants. "These findings support the hypothesis that common long-term variation in the activity of genes established in the womb may underpin links between size at birth and risk for adult disease," said one of the authors.