The effects of cafeteria diet feeding on maternal adaptation to pregnancy, growth and development of fetus and glucose homeostasis later in life

Both epidemiological and experimental studies have demonstrated adverse effects of maternal obesity upon both maternal and fetal health. It has been shown that feeding a cafeteria diet in rat pregnancy can induce altered food preferences and greater weight gain in the resulting offspring. This study...

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Main Author: Akyol, Asli
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28539/