News tagged with fat deposition

Children's body fatness linked to decisions made in the womb

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 ...

Medical research Aug 22, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Is there a 'healthy' obesity gene?

Why is it that some obese people are healthier than others? This was one of the main questions Dr. Chaodong Wu of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences — Texas A&M University System — and a group of researchers ...

Genetics May 31, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |