A maternal high-fat diet affects offspring neurodevelopment with long-term consequences on
their brain health and behavior. During the past three decades, obesity has rapidly …

Prenatal brain development is a highly orchestrated process, making it a very vulnerable
window to perturbations. Maternal stress and subsequent inflammation during pregnancy …

Western diets rich in fat and sugar promote excess calorie intake and weight gain; however,
the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Despite a well-documented association between …

Maintaining healthy body weight is increasingly difficult in our obesogenic environment.
Dieting efforts are often overpowered by the internal drive to consume energy-dense foods …

Early-life determinants are thought to be a major factor in the rapid increase of obesity.
However, while maternal nutrition has been extensively studied, the effects of breastfeeding …

For many pathologies associated with aging, female patients present with higher morbidity
and more frequent adverse events from treatments compared to male patients. While …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a debilitating and deadly disease characterized by low body mass
index due to diminished food intake, and oftentimes concurrent hyperactivity. A high …

This review analyzes the published evidence regarding maternal factors that influence the
developmental programming of long-term adiposity in humans and animals via the central …

The breastfeeding period is one of the most important critical windows in our development,
since milk, our first food after birth, contains several compounds, such as macronutrients …

The widespread consumption of 'western'-style diets along with sedentary lifestyles has led
to a global epidemic of obesity. Epidemiological, clinical and preclinical evidence suggests …