The maternal perinatal environment modulates brain formation, and altered maternal
nutrition has been linked to the development of metabolic and psychiatric disorders in the …

Maternal environmental exposures, such as high-fat diets, diabetes and obesity, can induce
long-term effects in offspring. These effects include increased risk of neurodevelopmental …

Maternal obesity during pregnancy can impact long-term health, predisposition to disease,
and risk of neurological disorders in offspring. This may arise from disruption to epigenetic …

High maternal weight is associated with detrimental outcomes in offspring, including
increased susceptibility to neurological disorders such as anxiety, depression and …

Objective To utilize a nonhuman primate model to examine the impact of maternal high‐fat
diet (HFD) consumption and pre‐pregnancy obesity on offspring intake of palatable food …

Childhood obesity is associated with increased risk of behavioral/psychological disorders
including depression, anxiety, poor learning, and attention deficient disorder. As the majority …

Maternal overnutrition during sensitive periods of early development increases the risk for
obesity and neuropsychiatric disorders later in life. However, it still remains unclear during …

The prevalence of both obesity and neurodevelopmental disorders has increased
substantially over the last several decades. Early environmental factors, including maternal …

High caloric intake during early postnatal development can have long term consequences
for the offspring. We previously reported that the adult offspring of dams fed a high-fat diet …

Environmental factors such as maternal diet, determine the pathologies that appear early in
life and can persist in adulthood. Maternally modified diets provided through pregnancy and …