The temporal relationship between parental concern of overeating and childhood obesity considering genetic susceptibility: longitudinal results from the IDEFICS/I.Family study

• Main Authors: Guiomar Masip (Author), Ronja Foraita (Author), Karri Silventoinen (Author), Roger A. H. Adan (Author), Wolfgang Ahrens (Author), Stefaan De Henauw (Author), Antje Hebestreit (Author), Anna Keski-Rahkonen (Author), Lauren Lissner (Author), Kirsten Mehlig (Author), Dénés Molnar (Author), Luis A. Moreno (Author), Iris Pigeot (Author), Paola Russo (Author), Toomas Veidebaum (Author), Leonie H. Bogl (Author), Jaakko Kaprio (Author), on behalf of the IDEFICS/I.Family Consortia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Many genes and molecular pathways are associated with obesity, but the mechanisms from genes to obesity are less well known. Eating behaviors represent a plausible pathway, but because the relationships of eating behaviors and obesity may be bi-directional, it remains challenging...