The temporal relationship between parental concern of overeating and childhood obesity considering genetic susceptibility: longitudinal results from the IDEFICS/I.Family study

Abstract Background Many genes and molecular pathways are associated with obesity, but the mechanisms from genes to obesity are less well known. Eating behaviors represent a plausible pathway, but because the relationships of eating behaviors and obesity may be bi-directional, it remains challenging...

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Main Authors: Guiomar Masip, Ronja Foraita, Karri Silventoinen, Roger A. H. Adan, Wolfgang Ahrens, Stefaan De Henauw, Antje Hebestreit, Anna Keski-Rahkonen, Lauren Lissner, Kirsten Mehlig, Dénés Molnar, Luis A. Moreno, Iris Pigeot, Paola Russo, Toomas Veidebaum, Leonie H. Bogl, Jaakko Kaprio, on behalf of the IDEFICS/I.Family Consortia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01205-9