Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 16th, 2006
Study 1: A maternal cafeteria diet during gestation and lactation promotes adiposity and impairs skeletal muscle development and metabolism in rat offspring at weaning.
According to recent research from England, "We examined the effects of a maternal cafeteria diet on skeletal muscle and adipose tissue development in the offspring at weaning.
S.A. Bayol and colleagues at the University of London found, "Rats born to mothers fed the cafeteria diet either during gestation alone or during both gestation and lactation exhibited a...
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