@conference {41464,
	title = {Fetal programming of postnatal phenotype and obesity - experimental evidence from biomedical research},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {64},
	year = {2004},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {24-29},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Hamilton},
	abstract = {The evidence for the fetal origins of adult disease (diabetes, cardiovascular) is reviewed. There is evidence of a disturbed endocrine communication between the hypothalamus, adipose tissue and the endocrine pancreas in the pathogenesis of programming-induced obesity. Hypercaloric nutrition during postnatal life greatly amplifies prenatal effects on metabolic abnormalities, obesity, overeating and diminished exercise behaviour. Fetal programming research offers a novel approach to investigate the mechanistic basis of metabolic disorders. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Krechowec SO and Vickers MH and Breier BH}
}
