The causal effect of number of children on later-life overweight and obesity in parous women. An instrumental variable study
Many older women in Europe are overweight or obese. One of the factors linked to overweight and obesity among older women is childbearing. However, results of observational studies on the association between women’s number of children and excess weight should be interpreted with caution, because the...
Main Authors: | Thijs van den Broek, Maria Fleischmann |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-12-01
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Series: | Preventive Medicine Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335521002187 |
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