Sloboda Lab

in adulthood. Our lab is currently investigating the long-term impacts of maternal nutrition on offspring obesity risk and metabolic function. We are also interested in understanding if effects are seen in subsequent generations, ie trans-generational transmission of chronic disease risk. Maternal nutritional impacts on offspring reproduction:

Although the mechanisms are unknown, we now know that postnatal reproductive function and fertility have intrauterine origins. Ovarian reserve represents the follicle pool within the ovary – a pool that is finite and established early in life, vulnerable to early life adversity. In this regard, low birth weight (LBW,