Childhood obesity: The genetic-environmental interface

Bailliere's Best Practice in Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-46

  Maffeis, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Energy balance; Environment; Fat balance; Genetics; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAT INTAKE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THERMOGENESIS; TWINS;

EID: 0033117771     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beem.1999.0005     Document Type: Article

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