Older maternal age results in taller, more insulin sensitive offspring. Where life history theory meets the thrifty phenotype.

Women who are older have fewer potential future offspring, and from a life history perspective would be predicted to invest more in a given reproductive effort than younger mothers. For discussion: Are there other examples of younger mothers withholding reproductive effort early in their reproductive careers in order to enhance their survival for later reproduction?

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Joe Alcock

Emergency Physician, Educator, Researcher, interested in the microbiome, evolution, and medicine