Assessing causality in the association between child adiposity and physical activity levels: a Mendelian randomization analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>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...

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Main Authors: Rebecca C Richmond, George Davey Smith, Andy R Ness, Marcel den Hoed, George McMahon, Nicholas J Timpson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-03-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24642734/pdf/?tool=EBI