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Childhood obesity: genetic and environmental overlap with normal-range BMI.

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Jul 2008

Haworth Claire M A, Plomin Robert, Carnell Susan, Wardle Jane

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OBJECTIVE: To understand the overlap between the etiology of obesity and normal variation in BMI in children. METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Height and weight data were available from a large UK representative sample of twins: 2,342 same-sex pairs at 7 years and 3,526 same-sex pairs at 10 years. The twin method and model-fitting techniques were used to estimate genetic and environmental contributions to BMI....

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PMID: 18421262
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.240

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