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SUBMITTER: Coleman JRI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5910407 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Coleman Jonathan R I JRI Krapohl Eva E Eley Thalia C TC Breen Gerome G
Scientific reports 20180420 1
Juvenile obesity is associated with adverse health outcomes. Understanding genetic and environmental influences on body mass index (BMI) during adolescence could inform interventions. We investigated independent and interactive effects of parenting, socioeconomic status (SES) and polygenic risk on BMI pre-adolescence, and on the rate of change in BMI across adolescence. Genome-wide genotype data, BMI and child perceptions of parental warmth and punitive discipline were available at 11 years old, ...[more]