Thursday, December 6, 2018

Fetal Malnutrition Linked to Early Menopause, Ovarian Failure

Insufficient nutrition during fetal development may be linked to early menopause and premature ovarian failure, according to a new large-scale study of Chinese women born during the Great Chinese Famine, between 1956 and 1964.

Although several studies have looked at the association between famine exposure in early life and the risk of various metabolic diseases in adulthood, such as type 2 diabetes, the association with reproductive aging has not been thoroughly studied.

Infants are...


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