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Review
. 1989 Spring;13(1):55-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0149-7634(89)80052-1.

Thinness--not obesity--has a genetic component

P R Costanzo  1 , S S Schiffman
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Thinness--not obesity--has a genetic component

P R Costanzo et al. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 1989 Spring.

Abstract

The body mass of adoptees was compared with the body mass of both biologic and adoptive parents using data from the Danish Adoption Register. Chi-square analyses revealed that biologic heritability is small and is confined to thin, not obese body mass. It is probable that the inheritance of thin body mass constitutes a mild protective factor that mitigates against development of obesity caused by environmental factors.

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