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Assessing Causality in the Association between Child Adiposity and Physical Activity Levels: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies have shown that objectively measured physical activity is associated with childhood adiposity, and a strong inverse dose–response association with body mass index (BMI) has been found. However, few studies have explored the extent to which this association reflect...

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Autores principales: Richmond, Rebecca C., Davey Smith, George, Ness, Andy R., den Hoed, Marcel, McMahon, George, Timpson, Nicholas J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3958348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24642734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001618