New born human infants have the largest brains among primates, but also the highest proportion of body fat. Before birth, if the supply of nutrients from the mother through the placenta is limited or unbalanced, the developing baby faces a dilemma: should resources be allocated to brain growth, or to fat deposition for use as an energy reserve during the early months after birth? Scientists have shown that this decision could have an effect on how fat we are as children.![][1]
[1]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/health_medicine/obesity/~4/xuPAzQ2p8eo
URL: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/health_medicine/obesity/~3/xuPAzQ2p8eo/120822181253.htm
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