@article{26cfc2119bb3429cadaa55e00fc817fe,
title = "Genes and the intergenerational transmission of BMI and obesity",
author = "Classen, \{Timothy J.\} and Owen Thompson",
note = "This paper compares the strength of intergenerational transmission of body mass index (BMI) and obesity in a sample of adoptees relative to a matched sample of biological children with similar observable characteristics. We find that BMI and obesity are strongly correlated among biological parent-child pairs, but there are no significant intergenerational associations in these health traits among adoptive parent-child pairs.",
year = "2016",
month = jan,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1016/j.ehb.2016.08.001",
language = "American English",
volume = "23",
journal = "Economics and Human Biology",
}