...Liyuan Zhou; Xinhua Xiao Obesity is considered a global epidemic. Specifically, obesity during pregnancy programs an increased risk of the offspring developing metabolic disorders in addition to the adverse effects on the mother per se . Large numbers of human and animal studies have demonstrated...

...Sheng Zheng; Qianyun Feng; Jing Cheng; Jia Zheng A growing body of evidence has clearly demonstrated that maternal nutrition can strongly determine the susceptibility to the development of metabolic diseases in offspring. With the increasing prevalence of maternal overweight, obesity...

...Jia Zheng; Xinhua Xiao; Qian Zhang; Miao Yu; Jianping Xu; Cuijuan Qi; Tong Wang Substantial studies demonstrated that maternal nutrition can significantly determine the susceptibility to developing some metabolic diseases in offspring. However, investigations into the later-life effects...