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Slim pickings 重拾苗条 Evidence that the problem of obesity starts in thewomb 有证据证明肥胖始于子宫 IN THE late 1980s David Barker, a British doctor,suggested that what a woman eats when she is pregnant shapes her child s physiology forlife. 上世纪80年代末，英国医生大卫巴克尔说妇女怀孕期间饮食会塑造孩子未来的生理机能。 He called the idea fetal programming. 他称之为胎儿计划。 Such programming would allow an individual to make optimum use of available nutrients,on the assumption that his own diet will be similar to his mother s. 这一计划让每个人以最佳方式利用营养，他假定自己的饮食和母亲的相似。 If it was not similar, though, there could be problems. 如果不相似，就有问题了。 Dr Barker speculated that fetal programmingin mesalliance with the spread of fatty,sugary foods over recent decadesmight explain the epidemic of obesity, heart diseaseand late-onset diabetes that plagues many rich countries. 巴克尔推测胎儿计划与偏远地区普遍的高脂肪，含糖饮食的有关系。这也许就解释了肥胖，心脏病以及折磨很多富裕国家的糖尿病。 | 
