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Body Weight More Contagious in Childhood Than Adulthood
News - December 20, 2011 9:27 A.M.
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How much we weigh as adults is more influenced by the people around us during childhood than those we spend time with as adults, a new study suggests.
The study compared the weights of 236 pairs of adolescent siblings who lived together, and 838 pairs of adult siblings who did not live together. In both groups, the body mass indices (BMIs) of siblings became more similar over time. Body mass index is a ratio of weight to height, and is considered an indicator of body fatness.
The researchers found that family factors, such as heredity and a similar upbringing, explained similarities in BMI in both the siblings who lived together and those siblings who didn't. This suggests that behaviors formed in childhood are carried into adulthood, said study researcher Heather Brown, of Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Continue article at original source
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