Review Article

Maternal Obesity and the Early Origins of Childhood Obesity: Weighing Up the Benefits and Costs of Maternal Weight Loss in the Periconceptional Period for the Offspring

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Effect of periconceptional overnutrition and/or dietary restriction on the total fat mass of female lambs at 4 months of age (CC: open bar; CR: striped bar; HH: grey bar; HR: grey striped bar). Different superscripts (e.g., a, b) denote a significant difference of total fat mass between the treatment groups ( ) (reprinted from Rattanatray et al. 2010 [49]).
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