Environmental influences, especially modifiable lifestyle factors, during both childhood and adulthood include smoking, medication use e.g. corticosteroids, and exercise, although much of the variance in bone mass remains unexplained and may reflect differences in metabolic programming of systems controlling skeletal growth during critical periods. (sciencedaily.com)
This may mean that breastfed babies» greater weight loss after birth and slower return to birth weight may help promote a healthier metabolic program, which reduces the risk of overweight and obesity during childhood and beyond. (NancyMohrbacher.com)
«LKB1 connects immunological signals and cell metabolic programs, especially those related to mitochondrion function,» said first author Kai Yang, Ph.D., a staff scientist in Chi's laboratory. (sciencedaily.com)