Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0561 |
| Title: | The dangerous road of catch-up growth |
| Author(s): | Hales CN, Ozanne SE |
| Reference: | J Physiol. 2003 Feb 15;547(Pt 1):5-10 |
| Place of Study: | UK |
| Abstract: | Male rats growth-retarded during fetal life and cross-fostered shortly after birth to normal lactating dams reach normal body and organ weights by weaning but have a reduced longevity. This finding raises the possibility that catch up growth, whilst potentially beneficial in the short term, may be detrimental to long-term survival. Human epidemiological studies may point in the same direction. These findings raise the interesting possibility that the response to fetal stress, be it nutritional or other, may evoke a somewhat restricted and uniform pattern of adaptive response.
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| Keyword(s): | birthweight, catch-up growth, fetal growth, intrauterine growth retardation |
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