Genetic and environmental factors influencing BMI development from adolescence to young adulthood

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-85

  Ortega Alonso, Alfredo ^a   Pietiläinen, Kirsi H ^a,b   Silventoinen, Karri ^a   Saarni, Suoma E ^a,c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Heritability; Rate of change; Sex differences; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; TIME FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856646635     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-011-9492-z     Document Type: Review

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