“…It is increasingly clear that maternal obesity and high-fat (HF) diet during pregnancy and lactation can lead to adverse outcomes in the offspring (Bringhenti et al, 2013;Desai et al, 2014;Stachowiak et al, 2013;Vido et al, 2014;Zhang et al, 2011), as the intrauterine and early postnatal environments are critical to their development (Desai et al, 2014;Vogt et al, 2014). Maternal nutritional status during pregnancy and lactation plays an important role in determining the risk of developing metabolic diseases in adulthood, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), hypertension, and obesity (Bouret, 2009;Heerwagen, Miller, Barbour, & Friedman, 2010;MacPherson et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2009).…”