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Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: the thrifty phenotype hypothesis

C. Hales, D. Barker

1992.7.1DIABETOLOGIA

DOI: 10.1007/bf00400248

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It is proposed that one of the major long-term consequences of inadequate early nutrition is impaired development of the endocrine pancreas and a greatly increased susceptibility to the development of Type 2 diabetes.

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HALES, C.; BARKER, D. Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: The thrifty phenotype hypothesis. DIABETOLOGIA, 1992, 35: 595–601.