Low-grade inflammation in adulthood can be brought on by small size at birth and excessive weight gain during teenage years. This inflammation can lead to an increased risk of developing heart disease as well as other cardiovascular and metabolic disorders such as diabetes, a team of UK and Finnish researchers have found. The work, which is partly EU-funded, was recently published in The European Heart Journal.
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EU support for the research came from the European Birth-Lifecourse-Studies (EURO-BLCS) project, which received funding under the ‘Life Quality’ thematic area of the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5).
Tags: birth weight, FP5, heart, Life Quality, V Programa Marco, weight
