Postnatal Feeding With a Fat Rich Diet Induces Precocious Puberty Independent of Body Weight, Body Fat, and Leptin Levels in Female Mice

Postnatal Feeding With a Fat Rich Diet Induces Precocious Puberty Independent of Body Weight, Body Fat, and Leptin Levels in Female Mice

Puberty generally occurs when an individual has stored a sufficient amount of energy. Previous reports have shown that postnatal overfeeding, induced by a small litter size or maternal high fat diet (HFD) feeding during gestation and lactation increases body weight (BW), body fat, plasma leptin leve...

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Main Authors: Rahim Ullah, Ali Raza, Naveed Rauf, Yi Shen, Yu-Dong Zhou, Junfen Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
postnatal overnutrition
body weight
body fat
leptin
precocious puberty
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2019.00758/full

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