Offspring of obese mice display enhanced intake and sensitivity for palatable stimuli, with altered expression of taste signaling elements.

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Maternal body mass index and gestational weight gain predict future obesity status of the offspring. In studies of both rodents and non-human primates, maternal obesity also predicts a preference for palatable foods in the offspring. In this study, we used C57BL/6J mice to investigate whether an underlying cause for an increase in palatable food consumption in the offspring of obese mice was a change in taste...

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