03 Aug 2009
In their study, carried out on rats, they report that nicotine imprints a neonatal thyroid dysfunction and programmes for a higher adiposity, hyperleptinaemia and secondary hypothyroidism in adulthood. Their study also identifies lactation as a critical period to nicotine programming for obesity, with hypothyroidism being a possible contributing factor. Oliveira et al., 2009, Journal of Endocrinology: DOI: 10.1677/JOE-09-0020