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Adults' values and attitudes about genetic testing for obesity risk in children.

International journal of pediatric obesity : IJPO : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity - 1 Jan 2007

Segal Mary E, Polansky Marcia, Sankar Pamela

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OBJECTIVE: We explored personal attitudes about genetic testing of children for obesity risk among parents of overweight children. We also gathered telephone opinions from the parents and from obese adults about policy related to such genetic testing. METHODS: We conducted three parents' focus groups, during which they produced numerical ratings on whether they would want their children to be tested according to...

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PMID: 17763006
DOI: 10.1080/17477160601127921

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