Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Maternal Diet Influences Postnatal Diabetes Risk
June 14, 2023
June 14, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 14 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
Increasing evidence demonstrates that children born to women who consumed a calorically dense, Western-style diet (WSD) during pregnancy are at increased risk of cardiometabolic disease, including Type 2 diabetes.
In a primate (Japanese macaque) model, Maureen Gannon, PhD, and colleagues tested whether exposure to maternal WSD altered the function of the offspring' . . .
Increasing evidence demonstrates that children born to women who consumed a calorically dense, Western-style diet (WSD) during pregnancy are at increased risk of cardiometabolic disease, including Type 2 diabetes.
In a primate (Japanese macaque) model, Maureen Gannon, PhD, and colleagues tested whether exposure to maternal WSD altered the function of the offspring' . . .