Journal article
Maternal nutritional history predicts obesity in adult offspring independent of postnatal diet
Abstract
Significant alterations in maternal nutrition may induce long-term metabolic consequences in offspring, in particular obesity and leptin and insulin resistance. Although maternal nutrient deprivation has been well characterized in this context, there is a relative paucity of data on how high fat (HF) nutrition impacts on the subsequent generation. The present study investigated the effects of maternal HF nutrition either throughout the mother's …
Authors
Howie GJ; Sloboda DM; Kamal T; Vickers MH
Journal
The Journal of Physiology, Vol. 587, No. 4, pp. 905–915
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
February 15, 2009
DOI
10.1113/jphysiol.2008.163477
ISSN
0022-3751