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Maternal environment and the transgenerational cycle of obesity and diabetes
Dana Dabelea et al. Diabetes. 2011 Jul.
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Figures
FIG. 1.
Mean BMI curves for youth both exposed and unexposed to maternal diabetes in utero from 27 months of age to 13 years, adjusted for sex and race/ethnicity. From Crume et al., J Pediatrics 2011 (9), with permission.
FIG. 2.
Mean BMI curves for youth both exposed and unexposed to maternal diabetes in utero from birth to 26 months of age, adjusted for sex and race/ethnicity. From Crume et al., J Pediatrics 2011 (9), with permission.
FIG. 3.
Potential pathways linking fetal overnutrition to long-term consequences in the offspring. Modified from McMillen, Reproduction 2006 (40), with permission.
FIG. 4.
The vicious cycle of diabetes and obesity.
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