Antioxidants in pregnancy prevent obesity in animal offspring
New biological research may be relevant to the effects of a mother’s high-fat diet during pregnancy on the development of obesity in her children. An animal study suggests that a high-fat, high-carbohydrate diet causes oxidative stress — an excess of deleterious free radicals — during pregnancy, predisposing the offspring to obesity and diabetes.
March 14, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: biological-research, children, completely-prevented, diet-causes, edisposing-the-offspring, effects, free-radicals, the-offspring
Antioxidants in pregnancy prevent obesity in animal offspring
New biological research may be relevant to the effects of a mother’s high-fat diet during pregnancy on the development of obesity in her children.
March 14, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: biological-research, development, free-radicals, high-fat-diet, offspring, on call diets, oncalldiets, oxidative-stress, the-effects, the-offspring
