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Age differences in genetic and environmental influences on eating attitudes and behaviors in preadolescent and adolescent female twins.
Journal of abnormal psychology - 1 May 2000
Klump K L, McGue M, Iacono W G
Abstract excerpt
A sample of 680 11- and 602 17-year-old female twins was used to examine (a) age differences in genetic and environmental influences on disordered eating attitudes and behaviors and (b) associations between body mass index (BMI) and eating attitudes and behaviors. Univariate, biometrical model-fitting analyses indicated that 11-year-old twins exhibited less genetic and greater shared environmental influence on...
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