Table 3.

Average daily energy intake by rat offspring

	Lean		GDM
	LF diet	HFS diet	LF diet	HFS diet
Male offspring
Food consumption (g)	23.38 ± 1.11	22.33 ± 1.03	18.94 ± 0.93§	18.32 ± 1.2§
Energy intake (kcal day–1)	157.5 ± 7.5	184.8 ± 8.5*	127.6 ± 6.3	151.3 ± 10.1*
Energy intake (kcal day–1  (kg body weight)–1)	249.5 ± 9.0	255 ± 11.3	194.1 ± 9.9§	200.3 ± 15.3§
Female offspring
Food consumption (g)	20.48 ± 2.61	18.65 ± 2.85	15.74 ± 1.15	20.37 ± 0.7
Energy intake (kcal day–1)	138.0 ± 17.6	154.4 ± 23.6	106.0 ± 7.8	168.6 ± 4.7
Energy intake (kcal day–1 (kg body weight)–1)	333.1 ± 37.2	265.0 ± 18.8	215.5 ± 10.7	191.0 ± 15.2

^*P < 0.05 in Bonferroni post hoc test comparing postnatal LF vs.

HFS diet groups and

^§P < 0.05 in Bonferroni post hoc test comparing GDM and control offspring receiving the same diet (n = 6).