Intergenerational influences on childhood body mass index: the effect of parental body mass index trajectories
Open Access
- 1 February 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 89 (2), 551-557
- https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2008.26759
Abstract
Background: Parental obesity in adulthood is a strong determinant of offspring obesity. Whether parental body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2) at earlier life stages is associated with offspring BMI is unknown.Keywords
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