What babies eat after birth likely determines lifetime risk of metabolic mischief and obesity, rat studies suggest
Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
Rats born to mothers fed high-fat diets but who get normal levels of fat in their diets right after birth avoid obesity and its related disorders as adults, according to new research. Meanwhile, rat babies exposed to a normal-fat diet in the womb but nursed by rat mothers on high-fat diets become obese by the time they are weaned.