Paternal grandfather’s access to food predicts all-cause and cancer mortality in grandsons

Nutritional experience can have phenotypic consequences in subsequent generations, as is evident from studies in animals and plants. Here, Vågerö et al. find in a large three-generation cohort that access to food in the paternal grandfather associates with all-cause and cancer mortality in male gran...

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Main Authors: Denny Vågerö, Pia R. Pinger, Vanda Aronsson, Gerard J. van den Berg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07617-9
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spelling doaj-38dac54f213a4c38bdeeb1ef1c80dfba2021-01-31T14:21:57ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232018-12-01911710.1038/s41467-018-07617-9Paternal grandfather’s access to food predicts all-cause and cancer mortality in grandsonsDenny Vågerö0Pia R. Pinger1Vanda Aronsson2Gerard J. van den Berg3CHESS, Centre for Health Equity Studies, Department of Public Health Sciences, SE-106 91 Stockholm UniversityDepartment of Economics, University of BonnCHESS, Centre for Health Equity Studies, Department of Public Health Sciences, SE-106 91 Stockholm UniversityDepartment of Economics, Priory Rd Complex, University of BristolNutritional experience can have phenotypic consequences in subsequent generations, as is evident from studies in animals and plants. Here, Vågerö et al. find in a large three-generation cohort that access to food in the paternal grandfather associates with all-cause and cancer mortality in male grandchildren.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07617-9
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Gerard J. van den Berg
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Pia R. Pinger
Vanda Aronsson
Gerard J. van den Berg
Paternal grandfather’s access to food predicts all-cause and cancer mortality in grandsons
Nature Communications
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title Paternal grandfather’s access to food predicts all-cause and cancer mortality in grandsons
title_short Paternal grandfather’s access to food predicts all-cause and cancer mortality in grandsons
title_full Paternal grandfather’s access to food predicts all-cause and cancer mortality in grandsons
title_fullStr Paternal grandfather’s access to food predicts all-cause and cancer mortality in grandsons
title_full_unstemmed Paternal grandfather’s access to food predicts all-cause and cancer mortality in grandsons
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publishDate 2018-12-01
description Nutritional experience can have phenotypic consequences in subsequent generations, as is evident from studies in animals and plants. Here, Vågerö et al. find in a large three-generation cohort that access to food in the paternal grandfather associates with all-cause and cancer mortality in male grandchildren.
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