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As the pancreas in that child develops, it apparently responds to this higher dose of glucose by developing more insulin-secreting cells. So, the higher the blood sugar in the pregnant mother, the more insulin-secreting cells her child will develop, and the more insulin the child will secrete as it gets close to birth. The baby will now be born with more fat, and it will have a tendency to oversecrete insulin and become insulin-resistant itself as it gets older.

Why We Get Fat

Gary Taubes

the ability of a system to achieve its purpose depends on how well the parts work together, not just how well they perform individually.

Lean Software Development

Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck

The more ways your identity can be threatened by casual daily interactions, the more valuable it will be to cultivate the Stoic (and Buddhist, and CBT) ability to not be emotionally reactive, to not let others control your mind and your cortisol levels.

The Coddling of the American Mind

Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt

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