Spousal resemblance in the Canadian population: Implications for the obesity epidemic

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 241-246

  Katzmarzyk, P T ^a   Hebebrand, J ^b   Bouchard, C ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Canada Fitness Survey; Genetics; Leanness; Population study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPOUSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPOUSE;

EID: 85047699250     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801870     Document Type: Article

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