Monday, September 3, 2012

Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking may promote obesity in adolescents

Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking appears associated with an increased risk for adolescent obesity, and is possibly related to subtle structural variations in the brain that create a preference for eating fatty foods, according to a report published Online First by Archives of General Psychiatry, a JAMA Network publication.

URL: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120904/Prenatal-exposure-to-maternal-cigarette-smoking-may-promote-obesity-in-adolescents.aspx

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