Parental obesity and overweight affect the body-fat accumulation in the offspring: The possible effect of a high-fat diet through epigenetic inheritance

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-208

  Wu, Q ^a   Suzuki, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epigenetic inheritance; High fat diet; Offspring; Parental obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; INHERITANCE; LIPID DIET; LIPID STORAGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBESITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; REVIEW;

ADULT CHILDREN; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OBESITY; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 33645991225     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2006.00232.x     Document Type: Review

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