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    Pediatr Clin North Am. 2011 Dec;58(6):1333-54, ix.

    Etiologies of obesity in children: nature and nurture.

    Skelton JA, Irby MB, Grzywacz JG, Miller G.

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    Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. jskelton@wakehealth.edu

    Abstract

    Childhood obesity is a profoundly complex problem and serves as an example of a biospsychosocial issue. Scientific inquiry has provided incredible insight into the complex etiology of weight gain but must be viewed as an interaction between a human's propensity to conserve calories for survival in a world with an abundance of it. This article provides a brief overview divided between biological (nature) and psychosocial and behavioral (nurture) factors.

    Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

    PMID:
    22093854
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC3224976
    [Available on 2012/12/1]

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