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Volume 2, Issue 3, Page 8 (March 2007)


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Low Birth Weight May Cut Metabolic Risk for Girls

DIANA MAHONEY (New England Bureau)

SAN FRANCISCO — Low birth weight may protect girls with a family history of type 2 diabetes from future risk of developing metabolic syndrome, while macrosomic birth weight does not appear to confer additional risk for developing the condition in adulthood, a study has shown.

PII: S1558-0164(07)70131-1

doi:10.1016/S1558-0164(07)70131-1


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