Prenatal environmental exposures associated with sex differences in childhood obesity and neurodevelopment

Prenatal environmental exposures associated with sex differences in childhood obesity and neurodevelopment

Abstract Background Obesity and neurodevelopmental delay are complex traits that often co-occur and differ between boys and girls. Prenatal exposures are believed to influence children’s obesity, but it is unknown whether exposures of pregnant mothers can confer a different risk of obesity between s...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Cáceres, Natàlia Carreras-Gallo, Sandra Andrusaityte, Mariona Bustamante, Ángel Carracedo, Leda Chatzi, Varun B. Dwaraka, Regina Grazuleviciene, Kristine Bjerve Gutzkow, Johanna Lepeule, Léa Maitre, Tavis L. Mendez, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Remy Slama, Ryan Smith, Nikos Stratakis, Cathrine Thomsen, Jose Urquiza, Hannah Went, John Wright, Tiffany Yang, Maribel Casas, Martine Vrijheid, Juan R. González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-04-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Prenatal environment
Sexual dimorphism
Childhood obesity
Neurodevelopment
DNA methylation
Causal inference
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02815-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02815-9

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