Ability to taste 6-n-propylthiouracil and BMI in low-income preschool-aged children

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1522-1528

  Lumeng, Julie C ^a,b   Cardinal, Tiffany M ^a   Sitto, Jacinta R ^a   Kannan, Srimathi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TASTE; VEGETABLE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TASTE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 46249090054     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.227     Document Type: Article

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