Intergenerational diabetes and obesity-A cycle to break?

Ronald Ma and Barry Popkin discuss the urgent need and challenges to reduce intergenerational transmission of obesity and diabetes.

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Published in:PLoS medicine 2017-10, Vol.14 (10), p.e1002415-e1002415
Main Authors: Ma, Ronald C W, Popkin, Barry M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biology and Life Sciences
Body mass index
Body weight gain
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus - prevention & control
Ethnic Groups
Female
Health risk assessment
Humans
Intergenerational Relations
Medicine and Health Sciences
Nutrition
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Obesity - ethnology
Obesity - prevention & control
Obesity, Abdominal - epidemiology
Obesity, Abdominal - ethnology
Obesity, Abdominal - prevention & control
Pregnancy
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - epidemiology
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - prevention & control
Prevention
Risk factors
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Summary:Ronald Ma and Barry Popkin discuss the urgent need and challenges to reduce intergenerational transmission of obesity and diabetes.
ISSN:1549-1676
1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002415