Developmental origins of obesity - genetic and epigenetic determinants

Open Obesity Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 27-33

  Rokholm, Benjamin ^a   Andersen, Camilla Schou ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a  

^a Centre for Health and Society   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epigenetic regulation; Genetic factors; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT CONTROL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 79955057303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18768237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876823701103010027     Document Type: Article

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