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Dietary practices and growth responses as predictors of longevity

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The longevity of rats permitted freedom of dietary choice can be predicted accurately solely on the basis of their dietary behaviour and growth responses early in life.

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  2. Pathologic Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Ross, M., Lustbader, E. & Bras, G. Dietary practices and growth responses as predictors of longevity. Nature 262, 548–553 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/262548a0

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