Early life disadvantage and adult adiposity: tests of sensitive periods during childhood and behavioural mediation in adulthood | Zendy

Stephen E. Gilman | Zendy; YenTsung Huang | Zendy; Marcia Pescador Jimenez | Zendy; Golareh Agha | Zendy; Su H. Chu | Zendy; Charles B. Eaton | Zendy; Risë B. Goldstein | Zendy; Karl T. Kelsey | Zendy; Stephen L. Buka | Zendy; Eric B. Loucks | Zendy

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Early life disadvantage and adult adiposity: tests of sensitive periods during childhood and behavioural mediation in adulthood

Author(s) -

Stephen E. Gilman,

YenTsung Huang,

Marcia Pescador Jimenez,

Golareh Agha,

Su H. Chu,

Charles B. Eaton,

Risë B. Goldstein,

Karl T. Kelsey,

Stephen L. Buka,

Eric B. Loucks

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyy199

Subject(s) - body mass index , socioeconomic status , demography , waist , medicine , mediation , obesity , disadvantage , life course approach , young adult , gerontology , psychology , population , developmental psychology , environmental health , sociology , political science , law

Early exposure to socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with obesity. Here we investigated how early, and conducted mediation analyses to identify behavioural factors in adulthood that could explain why.

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