Trends in parent-child correlations of childhood body mass index during the development of the obesity epidemic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Ajslev, Teresa A ^a   Ängquist, Lars ^a   Silventoinen, Karri ^c   Baker, Jennifer L ^a,b   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a,b  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DANISH CITIZEN; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; PARENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84908128045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109932     Document Type: Article

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