Is socioeconomic status of the rearing environment causally related to obesity in the offspring?

Is socioeconomic status of the rearing environment causally related to obesity in the offspring?

We attempt to elucidate whether there might be a causal connection between the socioeconomic status (SES) of the rearing environment and obesity in the offspring using data from two large-scale adoption studies: (1) The Copenhagen Adoption Study of Obesity (CASO), and (2) The Survey of Holt Adoptees...

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Main Authors: Kevin R Fontaine, Henry T Robertson, Claus Holst, Renee Desmond, Albert J Stunkard, Thorkild I A Sørensen, David B Allison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3218016?pdf=render

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