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Table 1 Research Design

From: Insulin sensitivity is normalized in the third generation (F3) offspring of developmentally programmed insulin resistant (F2) rats fed an energy-restricted diet

Generation

Breeding Dam Prenatal/Nursing Diet

Offspring Post weaning Diet

F0

Low Protein

Energy-Restricted

F1

Energy-Restricted

Energy-Restricted

F2

Energy-Restricted

Energy-Restricted

F3

Energy-Restricted

F3.1 Energy-Restricted

  

F3.2 Nutritionally-Adequate

Controls

Nutritionally-Adequate

Nutritionally-Adequate

  1. Nutritionally Adequate diet – ad libitum (20% protein; TD 91352, Harlan Teklad, Madison, WI); Low Protein diet – ad libitum (isocaloric, 8% protein; TD 93033, Harlan Teklad, Madison, WI); Energy-Restricted – 70% control animal consumption of Nutritionally Adequate diet.