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Effects of Parental Weight and Fatness on Relative Weight and Fatness of Young Children Comparison of Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Clinical Data a
Author(s) -
GRINKER JOEL A.,
GARN STANLEY M.,
ROSENBERG KAREN R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1989.tb53281.x
Subject(s) - public health , gerontology , biostatistics , annals , medicine , medal , cross sectional study , library science , family medicine , history , classics , archaeology , pathology , computer science , nursing
Fatness follows family lines. %in and adoption studies suggest that genetic factors play a major role in the familial transmission of fatness,'-I4 although environmental influences are also recogni~ed.~ The fatness of young children as a function of the fatness of their mothers is examined in data selected from a cross-sectional epidemiological study (Ten-State Nutrition Survey) and a prospective clinical study. Only data from obese (0) or nonobese white women and children were included.