Environmental influences on children's physical activity: quantitative estimates using a twin design.

Environmental influences on children's physical activity: quantitative estimates using a twin design.

Twin studies offer a 'natural experiment' that can estimate the magnitude of environmental and genetic effects on a target phenotype. We hypothesised that fidgetiness and enjoyment of activity would be heritable but that objectively-measured daily activity would show a strong shared enviro...

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Main Authors: Abigail Fisher, Cornelia H M van Jaarsveld, Clare H Llewellyn, Jane Wardle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2858042?pdf=render

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