Improving metabolic health in obese male mice via diet and exercise restores embryo development and fetal growth.

Paternal obesity is now clearly associated with or causal of impaired embryo and fetal development and reduced pregnancy rates in humans and rodents. This appears to be a result of reduced blastocyst potential. Whether these adverse embryo and fetal outcomes can be ameliorated by interventions to re...

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Main Authors: Nicole O McPherson, Hassan W Bakos, Julie A Owens, Brian P Setchell, Michelle Lane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3747240?pdf=render