Molecular mediators of the association between child obesity and mental health

Biological mechanisms underlying the association between obesity and depression remain unclear. We investigated the role of metabolites and DNA methylation as mediators of the relationship between childhood obesity and subsequent poor mental health in the English Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents a...

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Main Authors: Evangelos Handakas, Yiwen Xu, Alexa Blair Segal, Maria Carmen Huerta, Kirsty Bowman, Laura D. Howe, Franco Sassi, Oliver Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.947591/full