Physical activity, diet and gene-environment interactions in relation to body mass index and waist circumference: The Swedish Young Male Twins Study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 851-858

  Karnehed, Nina ^a   Tynelius, Per ^b   Heitmann, Berit L ^c   Rasmussen, Finn ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body weight; Diet; Gene environment interaction; Physical activity; Twins; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUGAR INTAKE; SWEDEN; TWINS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FIBER; EXERCISE; FOOD HABITS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33846256812     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/PHN2005926     Document Type: Article

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