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Sweet foods fed to pregnant women

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If sweet foods are fed to a pregnant woman, the infant will be more likely to eat them following birth.
Source: B. Popkin. The World is Fat. Avery, NY, 2009, p. 32.

 

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Nutrition science has helped develop food systems to accelerate childhood growth, early sexual maturity and greater adult height and weight. As a result, they have increased worldwide demands for food and natural resources .
Source: Cannon, G. The Fate of Naions: Food and nutrition policy in the new world. Caroline Walker Trust, Cornwall, UK, 2003. p 54.

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“ In nonagenarians, a lower activity of the insulin/IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor-1) signaling (IIS) pathway is significantly associated with lower body height and improved old age survival.”

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