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Salivary Epigenetic Measures of Body Mass Index and Social Determinants of Health Across Childhood and Adolescence
5 Sept 2023
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Importance: Children who are socioeconomically disadvantaged are at increased risk for high body mass index (BMI) and multiple diseases in adulthood. The developmental origins of health and disease hypothesis proposes that early life conditions affect later-life health in a manner that is only partially modifiable by later-life experiences. Objective: To examine whether epigenetic measures of BMI developed in...
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