Table 2.

Summary of animal research demonstrating that maternal obesity leads to impairments in offspring behavior.

Offspring behavior	Maternal factor	Reference Species	Experiment
Hyperactivity	HFD consumption	Kang et al., 2014, mouse	Open field test
Sociability	HFD consumption	Kang et al., 2014, mouse	3-chamber social interaction test
Attenuated sociability impairments	Choline consumption	Langley et al., 2014, mouse	3-chamber social interaction test
Anxiety-like behavior	HFD consumption	Kang et al., 2014, mouse	Open field test
		Sullivan et al., 2010, nonhuman primate	Novel object test
		Bilbo and Tsang, 2010, rat	Morris water maze; elevated plus maze
		Sasaki et al., 2013, rat	Elevated plus maze; Open field test
Depressive-like behavior	HFD consumption	Can et al., 2012, rat	Porsolt swim test
		Giriko et al., 2013, rat	Porsolt swim test
Substance addiction	HFD consumption	Bocarsly et al., 2012, rat	Intermittent ethanol access test
		Morganstern et al., 2013, rat	Operant response to nicotine
		Naef et al., 2008, rat	Locomotor response to nicotine
Food addiction	HFD consumption	Bayol et al., 2007, rat	Intake test
		Vucetic et al., 2010, mouse	Food preference test
		Naef et al., 2011, rat	Operant response to fat
Cognition	HFD consumption	Tozuka et al., 2010, mouse	Barnes maze

Abbreviations: HFD, High-fat diet consumption.