Assortative marriages by body mass index have increased simultaneously with the obesity epidemic

Background: The genetic predisposition to obesity may have contributed to the obesity epidemic through assortative mating. We investigated whether spouses were positively assorted by body mass index (BMI; = kg/m(2)) in late childhood, and whether changes in assorted marriage by upper BMI-percentiles...

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Hauptverfasser: Ajslev, Teresa A., Ängquist, Lars, Silventoinen, Karri, Gamborg, Michael, Allison, David B., Baker, Jennifer L., Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012
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Genetics
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458436/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056005
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2012.00125
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