Female (a, c) and male (b, d) fetal (a, b) and placental (c, d) weight (black bars, E12.5; grey bars, E17.5) normalised to C/C and expressed as means±SEM. *p<0.05 vs C/C at E12.5; †p<0.05 vs C/C at E17.5. Six C and five HFD litters at each age. (e) Labyrinth/placenta ratios and (f) placenta/(placenta+decidua) ratios. n=6–8 placentas from each group. Data are expressed as means±SEM. *p<0.05 vs C/C. C, control