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Assortative marriages by body mass index have increased simultaneously with the obesity epidemic
Background: The genetic predisposition to obesity may have contributed to the obesity epidemic through assortative mating. We investigated whether spouses were positively assorted by body mass index (BMI; = kg/m(2)) in late childhood, and whether changes in assorted marriage by upper BMI-percentiles...
Autores principales: | Ajslev, Teresa A., Ängquist, Lars, Silventoinen, Karri, Gamborg, Michael, Allison, David B., Baker, Jennifer L., Sørensen, Thorkild I. A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458436/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056005 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2012.00125 |
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