Effect of Birth Year on Birth Weight and Obesity in Adulthood: Comparison between Subjects Born Prior to and during the Great Depression in Iceland

Cindy Mari Imai; Thorhallur Ingi Halldorsson; Ingibjorg Gunnarsdottir; Vilmundur Gudnason; Thor Aspelund; Gudmundur Jonsson; Bryndis Eva Birgisdottir; Inga Thorsdottir

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044551

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Effect of Birth Year on Birth Weight and Obesity in Adulthood: Comparison between Subjects Born Prior to and during the Great Depression in Iceland

Cindy Mari Imai ,

* E-mail: cmi1@hi.is

Affiliation Unit for Nutrition Research, Landspitali University Hospital and Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Thorhallur Ingi Halldorsson,

Affiliation Unit for Nutrition Research, Landspitali University Hospital and Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Ingibjorg Gunnarsdottir,

Affiliation Unit for Nutrition Research, Landspitali University Hospital and Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Vilmundur Gudnason,

Affiliations Icelandic Heart Assocation, Kopavogur, Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Thor Aspelund,

Affiliations Icelandic Heart Assocation, Kopavogur, Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Gudmundur Jonsson,

Affiliation Faculty of Humanities, Department of History and Philosophy, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Bryndis Eva Birgisdottir,

Affiliation Unit for Nutrition Research, Landspitali University Hospital and Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Inga Thorsdottir

Affiliation Unit for Nutrition Research, Landspitali University Hospital and Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Effect of Birth Year on Birth Weight and Obesity in Adulthood: Comparison between Subjects Born Prior to and during the Great Depression in Iceland

Cindy Mari Imai,
Thorhallur Ingi Halldorsson,
Ingibjorg Gunnarsdottir,
Vilmundur Gudnason,
Thor Aspelund,
Gudmundur Jonsson,
Bryndis Eva Birgisdottir,
Inga Thorsdottir

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Published: September 5, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044551

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