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Heritability of Childhood Weight Gain from Birth and Risk Markers for Adult Metabolic Disease in Prepubertal Twins
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 09/23/09
Beardsall K et al. – Postnatal weight gain from birth, rather than birth weight, was associated with childhood risk markers for adult metabolic disease. Childhood weight gain was highly heritable, and genetic factors associated with postnatal weight gain are likely to also contribute to risks for adult disease.
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