Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0553 |
| Title: | Obesity at the age of 50 y in men and women exposed to famine prenatally |
| Author(s): | Ravelli AC, Van Der Meulen JH, Osmond C, Barker DJ, Bleker OP |
| Reference: | Am J Clin Nutr. 1999 Nov;70(5):811-6 |
| Place of Study: | Netherlands |
| Abstract: | It was shown that men who were conceived during the Dutch famine of 1944-1945 had higher rates of obesity at age 19 y than those conceived before or after it (see entry 106). The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine on obesity in women and men at age 50 y. The authors measured the body size of 741 people born at term between November 1943 and February 1947 in Amsterdam. They compared people exposed to famine in late, mid, or early gestation (exposed participants) with those born before or conceived after the famine period (nonexposed participants). Maternal malnutrition during early gestation was associated with higher Body Mass Index and waist circumference in 50-y-old women but not in men. |
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