Prenatal Exposure to Fatty Food Cues and Childhood Obesity Risk
TL;DR
Early life exposure to fat-related sensory cues, independent of nutritive content, can prime neural and metabolic responses that increase susceptibility to obesity and metabolic syndrome in adulthood, with effects observed across different diets and sex-specific differences in timing sensitivity.
Topics:healthhealth-and-science#developmental-exposure#diet#health-and-science#metabolic-programming#obesity#sensory-cues
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