Late gestation undernutrition can predispose for visceral adiposity by altering fat distribution patterns and increasing the preference for a high-fat diet in early postnatal life

Mette Olaf Nielsen; Anna Hauntoft Kongsted; M.P. Thygesen; Anders Bjerring Strathe; S. Caddy; Bjørn Quistorff; Wenche Jørgensen; Vibeke Grøsfjeld Christensen; Sanne Vinter Husted; André Chwalibog; Kristen Sejrsen; Stig Purup; Eiliv Lars Svalastoga; Fintan McEvoy; Lærke Johnsen

doi:10.1017/S0007114512004199

Late gestation undernutrition can predispose for visceral adiposity by altering fat distribution patterns and increasing the preference for a high-fat diet in early postnatal life

Mette Olaf Nielsen, Anna Hauntoft Kongsted, M.P. Thygesen, Anders Bjerring Strathe, S. Caddy, Bjørn Quistorff, Wenche Jørgensen, Vibeke Grøsfjeld Christensen, Sanne Vinter Husted, André Chwalibog, Kristen Sejrsen, Stig Purup, Eiliv Lars Svalastoga, Fintan McEvoy, Lærke Johnsen

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We have developed a sheep model to facilitate studies of the fetal programming effects of mismatched perinatal and postnatal nutrition. During the last trimester of gestation, twenty-one twin-bearing ewes were fed a normal diet fulfilling norms for energy and protein (NORM) or 50 % of a normal diet (LOW). From day 3 postpartum to 6 months (around puberty) of age, one twin lamb was fed a conventional (CONV) diet and the other a high-carbohydrate-high-fat (HCHF) diet, resulting in four groups of offspring: NORM-CONV; NORM-HCHF; LOW-CONV; LOW-HCHF. At 6 months of age, half of the lambs (all males and three females) were slaughtered for further examination and the other half (females only) were transferred to a moderate sheep diet until slaughtered at 24 months of age (adulthood). Maternal undernutrition during late gestation reduced the birth weight of LOW offspring (P< 0·05), and its long-term effects were increased adrenal size in male lambs and adult females (P< 0·05), increased neonatal appetite for fat-(P= 0·004) rather than carbohydrate-rich feeds (P< 0·001) and reduced deposition of subcutaneous fat in both sexes (P< 0·05). Furthermore, LOW-HCHF female lambs had markedly higher visceral:subcutaneous fat ratios compared with the other groups (P< 0·001). Postnatal overfeeding (HCHF) resulted in obesity (>30 % fat in soft tissue) and widespread ectopic lipid deposition. In conclusion, our sheep model revealed strong pre- and postnatal impacts on growth, food preferences and fat deposition patterns. The present findings support a role for subcutaneous adipose tissue in the development of visceral adiposity, which in humans is known to precede the development of the metabolic syndrome in human adults.

Original language	English
Journal	British Journal of Nutrition
Volume	109
Issue number	11
Pages (from-to)	2098-2110
Number of pages	13
ISSN	0007-1145
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114512004199
Publication status	Published - Jun 2013

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Nielsen, M. O., Kongsted, A. H., Thygesen, M. P., Strathe, A. B., Caddy, S., Quistorff, B., Jørgensen, W., Christensen, V. G., Husted, S. V., Chwalibog, A., Sejrsen, K., Purup, S., Svalastoga, E. L., McEvoy, F., & Johnsen, L. (2013). Late gestation undernutrition can predispose for visceral adiposity by altering fat distribution patterns and increasing the preference for a high-fat diet in early postnatal life. British Journal of Nutrition, 109(11), 2098-2110. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114512004199

Late gestation undernutrition can predispose for visceral adiposity by altering fat distribution patterns and increasing the preference for a high-fat diet in early postnatal life. / Nielsen, Mette Olaf; Kongsted, Anna Hauntoft; Thygesen, M.P. et al.

In: British Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 109, No. 11, 06.2013, p. 2098-2110.

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Nielsen, MO, Kongsted, AH, Thygesen, MP, Strathe, AB, Caddy, S, Quistorff, B, Jørgensen, W, Christensen, VG, Husted, SV , Chwalibog, A, Sejrsen, K, Purup, S, Svalastoga, EL , McEvoy, F & Johnsen, L 2013, 'Late gestation undernutrition can predispose for visceral adiposity by altering fat distribution patterns and increasing the preference for a high-fat diet in early postnatal life', British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 109, no. 11, pp. 2098-2110. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114512004199

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Late gestation undernutrition can predispose for visceral adiposity by altering fat distribution patterns and increasing the preference for a high-fat diet in early postnatal life

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