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Assortative mating for obesity.

The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Aug 2007

Speakman John R, Djafarian Kurosh, Stewart Joanne, Jackson Diane M

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BACKGROUND: Assortative mating is the nonrandom mating of individuals with respect to phenotype and cultural factors. Previous studies of assortative mating for obesity have indicated that it may have contributed to the obesity epidemic. However, those studies all used body mass index or skinfold...

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PMID: 17684200
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.2.316

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