Obesity

Researchers at University of Toronto, Medical Department release new data on obesity

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 30th, 2009

According to a study from Toronto, Canada, "The effect of gestational multivitamin supplementation on the development of obesity in rat offspring fed an obesogenic diet was investigated. Pregnant Wistar rats (n = 10 per group) were fed the AIN-93G diet with the recommended vitamin (RV) content or a 10-fold increase (high vitamin, HV)."

"At weaning, 10 males and 10 females, from separate dams, and from each gestational diet group were weaned to the liquid obesogenic diet for 48 weeks post-weaning. Body weight (BW) was measured weekly, and food intake over 24 h was measured once every 3 weeks for 24 weeks. Every 4 weeks, after an overnight fast, food intake over 1 h was...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-04-30)

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