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Gender in childhood obesity: family environment, hormones, and genes.

Gender medicine - 1 Jan 2009

Wisniewski Amy B, Chernausek Steven D

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BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity among children in the United States represents a pool of latent morbidity. Though the prevalence of obesity has increased in both boys and girls, the causes and consequences differ between the sexes. Thus, interventions proposed to treat and prevent childhood obesity will need to account for these differences. OBJECTIVE: This review examines gender differences in the...

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PMID: 19318220
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2008.12.001

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