Figure 1.

Dam and offspring body weight. (A) Dam body weight during gestation and lactation. (B) Offspring birth weight. (C) Male offspring weight gain from weaning. (D) Female offspring weight gain from weaning. Values are mean±SEM. ^{a, b} superscripts indicate significant differences between groups where labelled means without a common superscript letter differ, p≤0.05 (ie, ‘a’ and ‘b’ differ; ‘ab’ does not differ from ‘a’ or ‘b’). Obese-APM, obese aspartame (n=10 dams gestation, n=9 dams lactation, n=9 M and 8 F offspring); obese-STV, obese stevia (n=8 dams gestation, n=7 dams lactation, n=7 M & F offspring); obese-WTR, obese control (n=13 dams gestation, n=6 dams lactation, n=6 M and F offspring); lean-reference, lean control (n=14 dams gestation, n=11 dams lactation, n=10 M and F offspring; not included in statistical analysis). G, gestation; L, lactation; W, week.