Diet before and during pregnancy and offspring health: The importance of animal models and what can be learned from them

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Chavatte Palmer, Pascale ^a,b   Tarrade, Anne ^a,b   Rousseau Ralliard, Delphine ^a,b  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b PremUp Foundation   (France)

Author keywords

1000 days; DOHaD; Fetal programming; Rodent and non rodent animal models

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METABOLISM; MODELING; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RODENT;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIET; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; EXPERIMENTAL SHEEP; FETAL OVERGROWTH; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIFESPAN; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL OVERNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; FEMALE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84975063125     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13060586     Document Type: Article

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