Comparing maternal and paternal intergenerational transmission of obesity risk in a large population-based sample

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1560-1567

  Whitaker, Katriina L ^a   Jarvis, Martin J ^a   Beeken, Rebecca J ^a   Boniface, David ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FATHER; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953073432     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28838     Document Type: Article

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