Gestational obesity accentuates obesity in obesity-prone progeny

Maternal obesity and genetic background can affect the development of obesity and diabetes in offspring. Here we used selected strains of rats resistant (DR) vs. susceptible to development of diet-induced obesity (DIO) on high-energy (HE) diets to assess this issue.

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Published inAmerican journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. R1374 - R1379
Main Authors LEVIN, B. E, GOVEK, E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bethesda, MD American Physiological Society 01.10.1998
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Body fat
Diabetes
Diet
Genetics
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Obesity
Rodents
Weight
Hyperinsulinemia
Obesity
Rat
Body weight
Rodentia
Glucose
Fetomaternal relation
Genetic determinism
Feeding
Pregnancy
Metabolic disorder
Vertebrata
Mammalia
Animal
Leptin
Predisposition
High calorie diet
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Summary:Maternal obesity and genetic background can affect the development of obesity and diabetes in offspring. Here we used selected strains of rats resistant (DR) vs. susceptible to development of diet-induced obesity (DIO) on high-energy (HE) diets to assess this issue.
ISSN:0363-6119
1522-1490