Exploring the developmental overnutrition hypothesis using parental-offspring associations and FTO as an instrumental variable

Background: The developmental overnutrition hypothesis suggests that greater maternal obesity during pregnancy results in increased offspring adiposity in later life. If true, this would result in the obesity epidemic progressing across generations irrespective of environmental or genetic changes. I...

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Main Authors: Lawlor, D, Timpson, N, Harbord, R, Leary, S, Ness, A, McCarthy, M, Frayling, T, Hattersley, A, Smith, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2008
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