Adult obesity susceptibility variants are associated with greater childhood weight gain and a faster tempo of growth: the 1946 British Birth Cohort Study123

Background: Longitudinal growth associations with genetic variants identified for adult BMI may provide insights into the timing of obesity susceptibility.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elks, Cathy E, Loos, Ruth JF, Hardy, Rebecca, Wills, Andrew K, Wong, Andrew, Wareham, Nicholas J, Kuh, Diana, Ong, Ken K
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society for Nutrition 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3325838/