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Genetics of Food Intake Self-Regulation in Childhood: Literature Review and Research Opportunities
1 Jan 2013
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BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity increases the risk of obesity in adulthood, but how parental obesity affects the chances of a child's becoming an obese adult is unknown. We investigated the risk of obesity in young adulthood associated with both obesity in childhood and obesity in one or both parents. METHODS: Height and weight measurements were abstracted from the records of 854 subjects born at a health...
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