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Parental pre‐pregnancy BMI is a dominant early‐life risk factor influencing BMI of offspring in adulthood.

Shoshana Rath, Julie Marsh, John P. Newnham, Kun Zhu, Helen C. Atkinson, Jenny Mountain, Wendy H. Oddy, Ian Hughes, M. Harris, Gary M. Leong,

Obesity Science & Practice · 2016 · 41 citations · 31 references

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Parental pre-pregnancy BMI and rapid early-life weight gain predispose offspring to obesity in adulthood.

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Global prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity among preschool children

Mercedes de Onís, Monika Blössner, Elaine Borghi · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2010 · 2.2K citations

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Cynthia L. Ogden, Margaret D. Carroll, Brian K. Kit et al. · PubMed · 2012 · 2K citations

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