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birth

Act of producing live young from within the body of female animals. Both viviparous and ovoviviparous animals give birth to young. In viviparous animals, embryos obtain nourishment from the mother via a placenta or other means.

In ovoviviparous animals, fertilized eggs develop and hatch in the oviduct of the mother and gain little or no nourishment from maternal tissues. See also pregnancy.



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Birth size and coronary heart disease risk score in young adulthood.
Ambient Air Pollution and Low Birth Weight in Connecticut and ... by Bell, Michelle L.; Ebisu, Keita; Belanger, Kathleen / Environmental Health Perspectives
Subsequent epidemiological studies have shown a relationship between infant birth size and stroke, blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, renal failure and metabolic syndrome (2).
Maternal nutrition and pregnancy outcome. (Leading Article) by Scott, Jane / Nutrition & Dietetics: The Journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia
There is also evidence of associations between birth size and future development of adult diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease (Godfrey and Barker 2001; Phillips 2000).
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