Endocrine Abstracts

Obesity is a multi-factorial condition generally attributed to diet and lack of exercise. More recent evidence suggests that maternal malnutrition during pregnancy and lactation can contribute to the development of obesity in offspring. We have developed an animal model to examine the specific influence of a maternal ‘junk food’ diet rich in fat, sugar and salt and have shown that offspring exposed to this junk food diet during their fetal and suckling lives overate ...