Presentation - University of Colorado Denver
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NEWS & VIEWS<br />
Childhood obesity—methylate now, pay later?<br />
Choudhury, M. & Friedman, J. E. Nat. Rev. Endocrinol. 7, 439–440 (2011).<br />
A recent report has found an association between the methylation status <strong>of</strong><br />
specific genes in human fetal tissue and the subsequent development <strong>of</strong><br />
childhood adiposity in two longitudinal cohorts. Would epigenetic analysis at<br />
birth, therefore, have utility in identifying future risk <strong>of</strong> obesity?
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