The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 132, Issue 5 , Pages 768-776, May 1998

Role of the prenatal environment in the development of obesity☆☆☆★★★

Presented in part at a workshop entitled “Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity: Research Directions,” sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the National Task Force on Prevention and Treatment of Obesity, and the International Life Sciences Institute, Bethesda, Md., Sept. 11, 1995.

Received 11 January 1996; received in revised form 3 January 1997, 27 March 1997 and 4 June 1997; accepted 6 June 1997.

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☆ From the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Department of Pediatrics, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

☆☆ Supported in part by the Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, N.J. (Dr. Whitaker), and by grants DK/HD 50537 and P30-DK46200 from the National Institutes of Health (Dr. Dietz).

★ Reprint requests: Robert C. Whitaker, MD, MPH, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, CH-1S, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039.

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The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 132, Issue 5 , Pages 768-776, May 1998

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