Evidence for gene-environment correlation in child feeding: Links between common genetic variation for BMI in children and parental feeding practices.

The parental feeding practices (PFPs) of excessive restriction of food intake ('restriction') and pressure to increase food consumption ('pressure') have been argued to causally influence child weight in opposite directions (high restriction causing overweight; high pressure caus...

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Main Authors: Saskia Selzam, Tom A McAdams, Jonathan R I Coleman, Susan Carnell, Paul F O'Reilly, Robert Plomin, Clare H Llewellyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007757