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Proposal of a general concept of an intergenerative ‘epigenetic vicious circle’ of obesity programming during critical periods of pre- and early postnatal development, caused by permanently altered ‘set points’ of neurohormone and/or receptor expression in neuro-hormonal circuits regulating food intake, metabolism and body weight. Prevention appears to be possible by normalization of food supply in early life.
