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Title
Relation of maternal prepregnancy body mass index with offspring bone mass in childhood: is there evidence for an intrauterine effect?
Authors
Macdonald-Wallis, Corrie; Tobias, Jon H; Smith, George Davey; Lawlor, Debbie A
Abstract
Evidence indicates that intrauterine skeletal development has implications for bone mass in later life and that maternal fat stores in pregnancy are important for fetal bone mineral accrual.
Publication
The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2010, Vol 92, Issue 4, p872