Parental care in childhood and obesity in adulthood: A study among Twins

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1445-1450

  Vámosi, Marianne Eva ^a   Heitmann, Berit L ^b   Thinggaard, Mikael ^a   Kyvik, Kyvik O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE OF CARE AND ABUSE QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959649717     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.20     Document Type: Article

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