Genetic and environmental influences on the tracking of body size from birth to early adulthood

Obesity Research

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 875-884

  Pietiläinen, Kirsi H ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b   Räsänen, Maija ^c   Rissanen, Aila ^c   Rose, Richard J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body mass index; Growth; Longitudinal studies; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036731369     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2002.120     Document Type: Article

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