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RECENTLY widely quoted studies imply that overfeeding in infancy is associated with increased formation of adipose cells and predisposes to obesity later in life. This has been documented for newborn rats in whom the high adipose cell count persisted after overfeeding was discontinued1. In rats which had been fed sparsely as newborns for up to 21 d, the fat cell count did not increase when they were fed more generously later. The establishment of regulatory controls over food intake has also been related to early experiences.
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BRUCH, H., VOSS, W. Infantile obesity and later weight control in the baboon. Nature 250, 268–269 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250268a0
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