Famine study links prenatal nutrition to adult obesity
Researchers at Columbia University analyzed 94,800 Dutch men born during World War II famine to link early pregnancy food deprivation with later obesity. Findings show early gestation deprivation raises obesity risk, while famine in late gestation and early infancy lowers it, implying hypothalamus development affects lifelong appetite.
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Sex selection ethics questions raised at genetics meeting
Harvard Medical School geneticist Dr. Park S. Gerald says abortion for sex selection is ethically troubling and debated among obstetricians. Advances in tests may enable early sex determination, prompting urgent legal and ethical discussion about abortion for sex preference.
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