Fig. 2

Female C57Bl/6 J gained more weight when fed a high fat diet. From 4 weeks of age, female mice were fed either a low fat diet (LFD, n = 14) or high fat diet (HFD, n = 14). Female mice were mated with male mice, first after dams were fed either diet for 12 weeks, and secondly 1 week after the first litter of 2 week-old offspring were tested for lung function. Dams were weighed on a weekly basis until mice were mated for the first time, with a further weighing immediately prior to the second mating. Data are shown as mean ± SEM for n = 14 mice/treatment. In (a), body weights and in (b) percentage weight gain are shown (*p < 0.05)