Food intakes of the maternal and young rats in different groups.

The numbers of rats in the maternal appropriate for gestational age (AGA), small for gestational age with catch-up growth (CUG-SGA) and small for gestational age with no catch-up growth (NCUG-SGA) groups were 15, 20 and 20, respectively. Young rats at 4 weeks: n = 56 in AGA group, n = 54 in CUG-SGA group, n = 69 in NCUG-SGA group. There are not significant differences in AGA, CUG-SGA and NCUG-SGA groups. Food intakes of young male rats in different groups were comparable to those of females respectively.