Objectives To analyze the influence of genetic and environmental factors on the variation in
somatotype, physical fitness, and their mutual associations. Methods Twins from 214 pairs …

Body fat distribution is a well-established predictor of adverse medical outcomes,
independent of overall adiposity. Studying body fat distribution sheds insights into the …

The parental feeding practices (PFPs) of excessive restriction of food intake ('restriction') and
pressure to increase food consumption ('pressure') have been argued to causally influence …

Presently, control of body weight is assumed to exist, but there is no consensus framework of
body weight homeostasis. Three different models have been proposed, with a “set point” …

Infant and childhood growth are dynamic processes with large changes in BMI during
development. By performing genome-wide association studies of BMI at 12 time points from …

Modern food environments are conducive to overeating and weight gain, but not everyone
develops obesity. One reason for this may be that individuals differ in appetitive …

Context Unlike homozygous variants, the implication of heterozygous variants on the leptin–
melanocortin pathway in severe obesity has not been established. Objective To describe the …

Objectives Childhood overweight/obesity is associated with later overweight/obesity.
However, the association between birth weight and later overweight/obesity has not been …

This paper is a revised and updated edition of a previous description of the Quebec
Newborn Twin Study (QNTS), an ongoing prospective longitudinal follow-up of a birth cohort …

Individuals with overweight or obesity (OW/OB) are at increased risk for significant physical
and psychological comorbidities. The current treatment for OW/OB is behavioral weight loss …