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Increased Genetic Variance of BMI with a Higher Prevalence of Obesity
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There is no doubt that the dramatic worldwide increase in obesity prevalence is due to changes in environmental factors. However, twin studies suggest that genetic differences are responsible for the major part of the variation in body mass index (BMI) and other measures o...
Autores principales: | Rokholm, Benjamin, Silventoinen, Karri, Ängquist, Lars, Skytthe, Axel, Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126806/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21738588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020816 |
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