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Gestational high saturated fat diet alters C57BL/6 mouse perinatal skeletal formation
11 Sept 2009
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BACKGROUND: Our present work joins growing evidence that gestational environment (maternal nutrition, health, and chemical exposures) strongly influences prenatal development (www.thebarkertheory.org). The present study suggests that maternal consumption of a diet high in saturated fats (HFD), which approximates the macronutrient content of fast food, impairs perinatal skeletal development. METHODS: In this...
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