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Effects of intermittent feeding upon body weight and lifespan in inbred mice: interaction of genotype and age.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Jul 1990
Goodrick C L, Ingram D K, Reynolds M A, Freeman J R, Cider N
Abstract excerpt
Beginning at either 1.5, 6 or 10 months of age, male mice from the A/J and C57BL/6J strains and their F1 hybrid, B6AF1/J were fed a diet (4.2 kcal/g) either ad libitum every day or in a restricted fashion by ad libitum feeding every other day. Relative to estimates for ad libitum controls, the body weights of the intermittently-fed restricted C57BL/6J and hybrid mice were reduced and mean and maximum life span...
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