The effects of prenatal exposure to a 'junk food' diet on offspring food preferences and fat deposition can be mitigated by improved nutrition during lactation

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 348-357

  Gugusheff, J R ^a   Vithayathil, M ^a   Ong, Z Y ^a   Muhlhausler, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

food preferences; Key words cross fostering; nutritional programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883390148     PISSN: 20401744     EISSN: 20401752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174413000330     Document Type: Article

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