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The incidence of colonic diverticulosis, submucosal collagen content, collagen solubility in weak acid, and the composition of intestinal contents were then measured. RESULTS: Offspring of rats fed a higher fibre diet from higher fibre diet fed parents had 0% incidence of colonic diverticulosis. When offspring (regardless of parental diet) were fed a low fibre diet for life the acid solubility was lowered compared with rats fed lifelong higher fibre diet mean (SD) (0.044 (0.0007) v 0.073 (0.0015) sigmoid colon (ratio of soluble:insoluble collagen)); 21.1% had diverticulosis and there was reduced fibre fermentation. However, when the diet of the parents of the fibre deficient diet fed rats was considered, the animals whose mothers had a fibre deficient diet had lower acid solubility (0.032 (0.0007)) and an increased incidence of colonic diverticulosis (42.1%) than the animals fed a fibre deficient diet from higher fibre diet fed parents (p &lt; 0.01 in all instances). 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