Obesity
Researchers' work from Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Agriculture focuses on obesity
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 4th, 2008
"The obesity epidemic, recognized in developed nations for decades, is now a worldwide phenomenon. All age groups are affected, including women of childbearing age, fueling concern that maternal obesity before and during pregnancy and lactation impairs developmental establishment of body weight regulatory mechanisms in the fetus or infant, causing transgenerational amplification of obesity prevalence and severity," scientists writing in the International Journal of Obesity report.
"The biological mechanisms underlying such processes remain unknown. We used agouti viable yellow (A(vy)) mice to test the hypothesis that maternal obesity induces transgenerational...
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