Education can reduce health differences related to genetic risk of obesity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 115, Issue 42, 2018, Pages E9765-E9772

  Barcellos, Silvia H ^a   Carvalho, Leandro S ^a   Turley, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Gene by environment; Genetics; Health; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 85054993324     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1802909115     Document Type: Article

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