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The social origins of obesity within and across generations.
Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity - 1 Jan 2023
Hemmingsson Erik, Nowicka Paulina, Ulijaszek Stanley, Sørensen Thorkild I A
Abstract excerpt
We propose a model for obesity development that traces a considerable part of its origins to the social domain (mainly different forms of prolonged social adversity), both within and across generations, working in tandem with a genetic predisposition. To facilitate overview of social pathways, we place particular focus on three areas that form a cascading sequence: (A) social adversity within the family (parents...
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