Is socioeconomic status of the rearing environment causally related to obesity in the offspring?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Fontaine, Kevin R ^a   Robertson, Henry T ^b   Holst, Claus ^c   Desmond, Renee ^b,d   Stunkard, Albert J ^e   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^c   Allison, David B ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTED CHILD; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD REARING; CLINICAL STUDY; COPENHAGEN ADOPTION STUDY OF OBESITY; FATHER; GENDER; HUMAN; MOTHER; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROGENY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVEY OF HOLT ADOPTEES AND THEIR FAMILIES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOPTION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOPTION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 81155128376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027692     Document Type: Article

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