Nature and nurture in infant appetite: Analysis of the Gemini twin birth cohort

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1172-1179

  Llewellyn, Clare H ^a   Van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H M ^a   Johnson, Laura ^a   Carnell, Susan ^b   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; APPETITE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SATIETY RESPONSE; WALES;

EID: 77951962280     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28868     Document Type: Article

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