Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine recently discovered that mice overfed from the first few weeks of life became sluggish and obese as compared to their normally fed counterparts, which were more active and less prone to obesity. According to the journal online journal Diabetes, the cause of this was epigenetic changes to DNA in the brain.
http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/02/bcm-researchers-discover-overfed-newborn-mice-retained-obesity-as-adults/
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