Parent-child resemblance in weight status and its correlates in the United States.
Few studies have examined parent-child resemblance in body weight status using nationally representative data for the US.We analyzed Body Mass Index (BMI), weight status, and related correlates for 4,846 boys, 4,725 girls, and their parents based on US nationally representative data from the 2006 an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3677887?pdf=render |