Project Grow-2-Gether: A study of the genetic and environmental influences on child eating and obesity

Twin Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 472-475

  Faith, Myles S ^a   Keller, Kathleen L ^b   Matz, Patty ^c   Johnson, Susan L ^d   Lewis, Rebecca ^a   Jorge, Marie Alexandra ^a   Ridley, Clare ^a   Han, Helen ^a   Must, Shoshanna ^a   Heo, Moonseong ^a,c   Pietrobelli, Angelo ^a,f   Heymsfield, Steven B ^a   Allison, David B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIET SURVEYS; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PHENOTYPE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 18744366326     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905202320906309     Document Type: Article

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