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Health, Education, Marital Status Affect Birth Weight of Girls
母亲的学历和婚姻状况会影响女儿的出生体重
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,
母亲受教育程度和婚姻状况等社会因素与生理因素一样会影响女儿的出生体重。
according to research based on two long-term studies tracking mother-daughter pairs.
这项为期两年的研究在对数名母女追踪采访后得出以上结论。
Jennifer B. Kane, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California Irvine, said in a press release.
詹妮弗·B·凯恩是加州大学欧文分校的社会学副教授，这是她在一次新闻发布会上发表的内容。
Researchers were aware that low birth weight can be passed down through generations of women
研究人员了解低体重儿是可以遗传给下一代的，
but the idea that sociological factors can have an effect as well is new.
但最近却发现社会因素也同样会影响新生儿的体重。
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，母亲的生活习性在新生儿的健康成长中发挥着极大的作用。
