Etiologies of obesity in children: Nature and nurture

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1333-1354

  Skelton, Joseph A ^a,b   Irby, Megan B ^a,b   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Miller, Gary ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Brenner Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Etiology; Genetics; Obesity; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC STRESS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM CARE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP PATTERN; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OBESITY; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 81255211554     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2011.09.006     Document Type: Review

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