Parental body size and early weight and height growth velocities in their offspring.

Jérémie Botton; Barbara Heude; Jean Maccario; Jean-Michel Borys; Agnes Lommez; Pierre Ducimetière; Marie-Aline Charles

doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.06.001

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Parental body size and early weight and height growth velocities in their offspring.

Jérémie Botton ^{1, *} Barbara Heude ¹ Jean Maccario ² Jean-Michel Borys ³ Agnes Lommez ³ Pierre Ducimetière ^{4, 5} Marie-Aline Charles ¹

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1 CESP - Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations

2 Faculté des sciences pharmaceutiques et biologiques

3 FLVS - Association "Fleurbaix Laventie Ville Santé"

4 Epidémiologie cardiovasculaire et mort subite

5 UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5

Abstract : Early childhood growth is characterised by alternate periods associated specifically with maternal or paternal BMI and height. This novel finding should trigger the search for specific genetic, epigenetic or environmentally shared factors from the mothers and fathers.

Keywords : development and growth epidemiology parental BMI and height

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Life Sciences [q-bio] / Santé publique et épidémiologie

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