Gender in childhood obesity: Family environment, hormones, and genes

Gender Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 76-85

  Wisniewski, Amy B ^a   Chernausek, Steven D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Medical Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

children; FTO; gender; insulin; LEPR; leptin; MC4R; obesity

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MEDLINE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HORMONES; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 62649151489     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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