Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight.

大致上，父亲决定孩子的身高，而母亲决定孩子的体重。

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Some say that fathers should pull more of their weight at home and take some of the pressure off stressed-out working mothers.

有人说，父亲应该承担更多的家庭责任，为不堪重负的在职母亲减轻一些压力。

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Both studies pointed to one direction: mothers' body weight affected their offspring's weight.

两项研究都指向一个方向：母亲的体重影响其后代体重。

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Mothers of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin had a high risk of having low birth-weight babies - their babies are on average 300g lighter than those of white mothers.

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