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Because studies of mice are generally good predictors of human biology, the study has implications for people born with low birth weights, according to the Center’s press release...
...their investigation, researchers experimented with two groups of pregnant mice. The control group of pregnant mice were fed well during the entire pregnancy. The second group of mice were not fed adequately during their final week of pregnancy...
...birth, the babies of the second group of mice weighed 23 percent less than the control group...
After birth, the mothers and their children were allowed to eat a full diet. But even as the young mice matured, the mice of the two groups exhibited differences in blood sugar levels...
According to Patti, while many other studies focus on premature births, this study focused on baby mice born after full-term pregnancies...