Maternal diet during pregnancy can impact maternal behavior as well as the intrauterine
environment, playing a critical role in programming offspring's physiology. In a preliminary …

Maternal environmental factors such as diet have profound effects on offspring development
and later health. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is an important stress …

The maternal environment has a profound effect on the development of offspring, including
responses to stress mediated by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. In rodents …

Prenatal exposure to high-fat diet (HFD) might predispose offspring to develop metabolic
and mental disorders later in life. Insight into the molecular and behavioral consequences of …

The risk of obesity in adulthood is subject to programming in the womb. Maternal obesity
contributes to programming of obesity and metabolic disease risk in the adult offspring. With …

Obesity before and during pregnancy negatively affects the mental and physical health of
the mother. A diet high in fat also increases the risk for anxiety, depression and cognitive …

Background Maternal obesity as a result of high levels of saturated fat (HFD) consumption
leads to significant negative health outcomes in both mother and exposed offspring …

Perinatal exposure to maternal obesity and high-fat diet (HFD) consumption not only poses
metabolic risks to offspring but also impacts brain development and mental health. Using a …

Maternal obesity and gestational diabetes predispose the next generation to metabolic
disturbances. Moreover, the lactation phase also stands as a critical phase for metabolic …

Early life nutrition can reprogram development and exert long‐term consequences on body
weight regulation. In mice, maternal high‐fat diet (HFD) during lactation predisposed male …