Figure 2. The effect of protein level in the maternal diet during gestation and lactation on food intake and body weight of offspring. Data represent mean values±SD for daily food intake (a.) and body weight (b.) of offspring of mothers fed isoenergetic diets (prepared in-house) containing either 20% (control: filled circle) or 5% (low-protein: open circle) whey protein through gestation and lactation. All offspring were weaned (indicated by the dashed vertical line) onto diet control. The total number of litters was 5 for control and 6 for low protein groups. There was no significant difference in pre-weaning weight gain, or post-weaning weight gain or food intake, between the two diet groups.