Intergenerational transmission of body mass index and associations with educational attainment.

Hekmat Alrouh Elsje van Bergen Eveline L de Zeeuw Conor V Dolan Dorret I Boomsma

Published in: BMC public health (2022)

The intergenerational transmission for BMI and EA is mainly predictive within traits. Significant spousal and within person correlations in the parental generation are responsible for the effect of parental EA on offspring BMI. Offspring EA and BMI are further correlated beyond parental influences.

Keyphrases

body mass index
high fat diet
weight gain
gene expression
physical activity
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
dna methylation
insulin resistance