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Heredity and the path to overweight and obesity.

Medicine and science in sports and exercise - 1 Mar 1991

Bouchard C

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Overweight and obesity are not homogeneous phenotypes as individuals differ in terms of the regional distribution of the excess weight or fat. Overweight and obesity are also complex multifactorial phenotypes influenced by both genetic and nongenetic determinants. Heritability of fat mass or percent body fat derived from underwater weighing measurement reaches about 25% of the age and gender adjusted phenotypic...

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Body Mass Index
Energy Metabolism
Exercise
Feeding Behavior
Humans
Obesity
Phenotype

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PMID: 2020265

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