Obese fathers lead to an altered metabolism and obesity in their children in adulthood: review of experimental and human studies
Objective: To discuss the recent literature on paternal obesity, focusing on the possible mechanisms of transmission of the phenotypes from the father to the children. Sources: A non-systematic review in the PubMed database found few publications in which paternal obesity was implicated in the adver...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Jornal de Pediatria |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755716304375 |