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Health, Education, Marital Status Affect Birth Weight of Girls
母親的學歷和婚姻狀況會影響女兒的出生體重
Social factors such as education and marital status of a mother can have as much effect on the birth weight of her daughter as biological factors,
母親受教育程度和婚姻狀況等社會因素與生理因素一樣會影響女兒的出生體重。
according to research based on two long-term studies tracking mother-daughter pairs.
這項為期兩年的研究在對數名母女追蹤采訪后得出以上結論。
Jennifer B. Kane, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California Irvine, said in a press release.
詹妮弗·B·凱恩是加州大學歐文分校的社會學副教授，這是她在一次新聞發布會上發表的內容。
Researchers were aware that low birth weight can be passed down through generations of women
研究人員了解低體重兒是可以遺傳給下一代的，
but the idea that sociological factors can have an effect as well is new.
但最近卻發現社會因素也同樣會影響新生兒的體重。
The new research shows that generational history can play as big a part in the health of a baby as what happens during gestation.
研究表明，母親的生活習性在新生兒的健康成長中發揮著極大的作用。
