Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of…

@JayMan471 FWIW, I agree that shared environmental influences do not seem to explain much of the BMI variance in twins after the age of 15 (see e.g., https://t.co/v0bXK4eZJi).

@JayNeckhammer @Bradvantagious @Molson_Hart @ChristinaPushaw I don't think framing it this way is particularly helpful, but it's "biological" insofar as it's substantially heritable (likely primarily via behavioral channels). https://t.co/CydEh1QxsG htt

@MaggieDeBella1 @Thebuttsmarn genetics explains about 40-75% of BMI thats about the same as height its a significant proportion https://t.co/KPp0fmCc1X

RT @AbdTahrani: But we cannot deny the role of the genes in weight regulation. In the CODATwins study genetic factors explained 0.75 of BMI…