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Perinatal iron deficiency combined with a high-fat diet causes obesity and cardiovascular dysregulation.
Endocrinology - 1 Mar 2012
Bourque Stephane L, Komolova Marina, McCabe Kristin, Adams Michael A, Nakatsu Kanji
Abstract excerpt
Consumption of a high-fat Western diet (WD) and the resultant obesity is linked to a number of chronic pathologies, including cardiovascular dysregulation. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether perinatal iron deficiency (PID) added to the consumption of a WD would precipitate an obese phenotype with exacerbated metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes in adult offspring. Female Sprague Dawley...
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