Independent and synergistic effects of maternal and paternal obesogenic diets on offspring early‐life outcomes in the rat
Khurram Jahangir Toor, Mehwish Abbasi, Swetha Muralidharan, Elisa Weiss, Elwyn C. Firth, Anna P. Ponnampalam, David S. Musson, Mark H. Vickers, Benjamin B. Albert · 2026
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Khurram Jahangir Toor and co-authors test, in 2026, how fat-rich diets in rat parents shape their pups. Mothers and fathers ate a control diet or a high-fat, high-sugar diet for five weeks before mating. Four pairings mixed lean and heavy parents. The team weighed pups at birth and weaning and checked survival, body length, belly fat, and a fullness hormone.
Pups of heavy mothers were born lighter, and heavy fathers worsened the drop for sons. Pairings with two heavy parents had shorter pups and more newborn deaths. By weaning, pups from heavy mothers were often heavier with more fat. The authors urge health work for both parents before conception.
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| CREATOR | Khurram Jahangir Toor, Mehwish Abbasi, Swetha Muralidharan, Elisa Weiss, Elwyn C. Firth, Anna P. Ponnampalam, David S. Musson, Mark H. Vickers, Benjamin B. Albert |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49893 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |