Exploring the factors contributing to sibling correlations in BMI: A study using the panel study of income dynamics

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 978-984

  Brown, Heather W ^a   Roberts, Jennifer ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HERITABILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLICY MAKING; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860305339     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.351     Document Type: Article

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