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THE frequency of a number of tumour types and several age-related diseases are readily modified by dietary means1–8. Traditionally, in defining the influence of a dietary factor experimentally, diets of fixed composition are offered either ad libitum or in limited amounts for arbitrarily assigned periods. In ad libitum conditions, however, except for the amount of food consumed, the animals have no choice but to eat the diet provided; in restricted feeding conditions, even this option is denied them.
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ROSS, M., BRAS, G. Dietary preference and diseases of age. Nature 250, 263–265 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250263a0
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