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Neural correlates of familial obesity risk and overweight in adolescence.
NeuroImage - 1 Oct 2017
Carnell Susan, Benson Leora, Chang Ku-Yu Virginia, Wang Zhishun, Huo Yuankai, Geliebter Allan, Peterson Bradley S
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BACKGROUND: Rates of adolescent obesity and overweight are high. The offspring of overweight parents are at increased risk of becoming obese later in life. Investigating neural correlates of familial obesity risk and current overweight status in adolescence could help identify biomarkers that predict future obesity and that may serve as novel targets for obesity interventions. OBJECTIVE: Our primary aim was to...
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