title: Influences of the intrauterine metabolic environment on adult disease: what may we infer from size at birth?
authors.affiliation: Center for Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611-3008, USA.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Purdy
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Metzger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D001724:Birth Weight; D001824:Body Constitution; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D018149:Glucose Intolerance; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000196:embryology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011247:Pregnancy