Environmental influences on children's physical activity: quantitative estimates using a twin design.
<h4>Background</h4>Twin studies offer a 'natural experiment' that can estimate the magnitude of environmental and genetic effects on a target phenotype. We hypothesised that fidgetiness and enjoyment of activity would be heritable but that objectively-measured daily activity wo...
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| Main Authors: | Abigail Fisher, Cornelia H M van Jaarsveld, Clare H Llewellyn, Jane Wardle |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-04-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010110&type=printable |
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