The global obesity pandemic is often causally linked to marked changes in diet and lifestyle,
namely marked increases in dietary intakes of high-energy diets and concomitant reductions …

Paternal health cues are able to program the health of the next generation however the
mechanism for this transmission is unknown. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are increased …

Background: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are developmental toxicants, but the
impact of both maternal and paternal exposures on offspring birth size is largely unexplored …

Altered stress reactivity is a predominant feature of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and
may reflect disease vulnerability, increasing the probability that an individual will develop …

The spermatozoa and oocyte are very specialized cells which possess the unique ability to
fuse and to produce an embryo. This embryo will develop into a mature organism capable of …

Understanding the molecular mechanisms that inform how diet and dietary supplements
influence health and disease is an active research area. One such mechanism concerns the …

Background: Whereas it is generally accepted that maternal environment plays a key role in
child health, emerging evidence suggests that paternal environment before conception also …

Obesity and diabetes are closely associated with numerous reproductive disorders,
including termination of ovulation, irregular menstruation, low fertility, abortion, and risky …

The concept that a father's wellbeing at the time of conception influences the development
and long-term health of his offspring is now well established. However, the mechanisms …

We previously showed that paternal high‐fat diet (HFD) consumption programs β‐cell
dysfunction in female rat offspring, together with transcriptome alterations in islets. Here we …