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The effects of puberty on genetic risk for disordered eating: evidence for a sex difference.
Psychological medicine - 1 Mar 2012
Klump K L, Culbert K M, Slane J D, Burt S A, Sisk C L, Nigg J T
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BACKGROUND: Differences in genetic influences on disordered eating are present across puberty in girls. Heritability is 0% before puberty, but over 50% during and after puberty. Emerging data suggest that these developmental differences may be due to pubertal increases in ovarian hormones. However, a critical piece of evidence is lacking, namely, knowledge of genetic influences on disordered eating across puberty...
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