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Fathers on fatty diet may give diabetes to daughters 父亲高脂饮食或致女儿糖尿病？ Fathers who eat a high-fat diet may give their daughters diabetes, a study using rats has suggested.在老鼠中进行的一项研究显示， Such studies are difficult to conduct in humans because it is hard to control other environmental factors. 由于很难控制其它外界因素，这项研究难以在人群中进行。 If it is true in humans, then it may be potentially contributing to what seems to be the amplification of the obesity and diabetes epidemic, said Margaret Morris, senior author of the study, which was published in the journal Nature Thursday. “如果这个结果也适用于人类肥胖和糖尿病发病率越来越高的现象 Margaret Morris称，她是该研究的主要发起者。该研究于周四发表在《自然》期刊。 Studies in the past found that a pregnant womans body weight and state of health affect her fetus, but this study suggests the fathers health and lifestyle may also be important. 以前有研究表明，孕妇的体重和健康状况会影响到胎儿，但是该研究暗示父亲的健康状况和生活方式也有很重要。 The take-home message is we have to consider that metabolic health, fitness, blood glucose and weight of both mother and father at the time of conception have the potential to impact on the health of the offspring, said Morris of the pharmacology department at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. “ 最关键的是在提到潜在影响后代健康的时候，不仅考虑母亲的，还要考虑父亲的新陈代谢，健康状况，血糖，体重。”Morris称，她是悉尼新南威尔士大学医学院的教授。 Fathers have been advised to stop smoking and consume less alcohol around conception but maybe the advice ought to go stronger than that in terms of maintaining a healthy body weight and diet, she said by telephone. 她还在电话里提及：“一直以来，通常劝父亲们，为了保持健康体重和饮食，戒掉烟，少喝酒。但是，如果是为了后代着想，倡议应该更强硬些。 Led by Ng Sheau Fang at the University of New South Wales, the study used male rats that were genetically similar. Half were fed a high-fat diet, the other half a normal diet, and the first group ended up obese and diabetic. 由悉尼新南威尔士大学Ng Sheau Fang倡导的一项研究，对基因相似的雄性老鼠实验，把它们分为两组。一组每天喂高脂肪的食物，另一组每天喂正常食物。实验结果是，前一组患了肥胖症和糖尿病。 They were all paired with healthy, non-diabetic female rats of normal weight and female offspring of the obese and diabetic rats began showing si