The heritability of body composition

• Main Authors: Avivit Brener (Author), Yarden Waksman (Author), Talya Rosenfeld (Author), Sigal Levy (Author), Itai Peleg (Author), Adi Raviv (Author), Hagar Interator (Author), Yael Lebenthal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Physical growth during childhood and adolescence is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Heritability, the proportion of phenotypic variance explained by genetic factors, has been demonstrated for stature and weight status. The aim of this study was to explore th...