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Babies born to mothers who suffer from a rare metabolic complication during pregnancy are programmed to be overweight, according to a study published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
The study is the first to look at the long term effects on babies born to mothers with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), also called obstetric cholestasis, a rare complication of pregnancy characterised by the build-up of bile acids in the bloodstream.
The findings add to the strong evidence that the environment that babies are exposed to in the womb is a major cause of metabolic diseases in adults.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130624132802.htm
The study is the first to look at the long term effects on babies born to mothers with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), also called obstetric cholestasis, a rare complication of pregnancy characterised by the build-up of bile acids in the bloodstream.
The findings add to the strong evidence that the environment that babies are exposed to in the womb is a major cause of metabolic diseases in adults.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130624132802.htm