SynthesisReproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E2019
Effects of high-fat diets on fetal growth in rodents: a systematic review.
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- Pooled it
- Sex-dependent effects of prenatal food and protein restriction on offspring physiology in rats and mice: systematic review and meta-analyses.Biology of sex differences · 2021Pooled it
- Oxidative Stress Profile of Mothers and Their Offspring after Maternal Consumption of High-Fat Diet in Rodents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2021Pooled it
- Dietary patterns are associated with gestational weight gain and nutrient adequacy during pregnancy: the effects of healthy diet in pregnancy.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Effects of Maternal Obesity on Fetal Cerebral Glucose Transporter Expression.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Maternal Low-Fat and High-Fat Diet Decreases Survival and Alters Cytokine Signaling in Neonatal Mice With Staphylococcus epidermidis Sepsis.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026Article
- Maternal high-fat, high-sucrose diet-induced excess adiposity is linked to placental hypoxia and disruption of fetoplacental immune homeostasis in late gestation†.Biology of reproduction · 2025Article
- Impact of Maternal High-Fat Diet on Offspring Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health: Spotlight on Oxidative Stress.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Pre-pregnancy overweight or obesity moderates the association between prenatal maternal depressive symptoms and infant cord blood omega-3 levels.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Maternal high fat diet induces circadian clock-independent endocrine alterations impacting the metabolism of the offspring.iScience · 2024Article
- Maternal choline supplementation mitigates premature foetal weight gain induced by an obesogenic diet, potentially linked to increased amniotic fluid leptin levels in rats.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Potential regulatory role of PGC-1α within the skeletal muscle during metabolic adaptations in response to high-fat diet feeding in animal models.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2024Review
- The Effect of Maternal High-Fat Diet on Adipose Tissue Histology and Lipid Metabolism-Related Genes Expression in Offspring Rats.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Diabetic Endothelial Cell Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β Activation Induces VCAM1 Ectodomain Shedding.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Review
- Caloric and Lipid Profiles during Pregnancy in a Socio-Culturally Diverse Society.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mouse models of preeclampsia with preexisting comorbidities.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Review
- Preimplantation or gestation/lactation high-fat diet alters adult offspring metabolism and neurogenesis.Brain communications · 2023Article
- Evaluating different models of maternal stress on stress-responsive systems in prepubertal mice.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Obesogenic diet in mice compromises maternal metabolic physiology and lactation ability leading to reductions in neonatal viability.Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundMaternal nutrition during pregnancy has life-long consequences for offspring. However, the effects of maternal overnutrition and/ or obesity on fetal growth remain poorly understood, e.g., it is not clear why birthweight is increased in some obese pregnancies but not in others. Maternal obesity is frequently studied using rodents on high-fat diets, but effects on fetal growth are inconsistent. The purpose of this review is to identify factors that contribute to reduced or increased fetal growth in rodent models of maternal overnutrition.
methodsWe searched Web of Science and screened 2173 abstracts and 328 full texts for studies that fed mice or rats diets providing ~ 45% or ~ 60% calories from fat for 3 weeks or more prior to pregnancy. We identified 36 papers matching the search criteria that reported birthweight or fetal weight.
resultsStudies that fed 45% fat diets to mice or 60% fat diets to rats generally did not show effects on fetal growth. Feeding a 45% fat diet to rats generally reduced birth and fetal weight. Feeding mice a 60% fat diet for 4-9 weeks prior to pregnancy tended to increase in fetal growth, whereas feeding this diet for a longer period tended to reduce fetal growth.
conclusionsThe high-fat diets used most often with rodents do not closely match Western diets and frequently reduce fetal growth, which is not a typical feature of obese human pregnancies. Adoption of standard protocols that more accurately mimic effects on fetal growth observed in obese human pregnancies will improve translational impact in this field.
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