The inheritance of obesity

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 300-308

  Savona Ventura, Charles ^a   Savona Ventura, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Environmental epigenetics; Epimutations disease aetiology; Maternal transmission; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity associated disease

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTOREGULATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 7; DIABETIC OBESITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EXERCISE; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROUPS BY AGE; HEREDITY; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANCY; INHERITANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIFESTYLE; LIPID METABOLISM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET CELL HYPERPLASIA; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STARVATION; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT VARIATION; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADIPOSITY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84933508514     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: 15321932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2014.07.023     Document Type: Article

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