Thursday, April 30 / 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM   •   Sapphire Ballroom A

Session 21:
Genetic Risk and Family, Environment and the Life Course

Discussant: Daniel W. Belsky, Duke University
Chair: Morgan Levine, University of Southern California

  1. The Genome-Wide Influence on Human BMI Depends on Physical Activity, Life-Course, and Historical PeriodGuang Guo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Hexuan Liu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Ling Wang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Haipeng Shen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Wen Hu, Beijing University

  2. Neighborhood and Family Environment of Expectant Mothers May Influence Prenatal Programming of Adult Cancer RiskKatherine King, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Duke University ; Jennifer Buher Kane, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Peter Scarbrough, Duke University ; Cathrine Hoyo, Duke University ; Susan Murphy, Duke University

  3. Biodemographic Specifics of the Effects of Body-Mass-Index Risk Alleles Identified in Genome-Wide Association StudiesAlexander Kulminski, Duke University ; Irina V. Culminskaya, Duke University ; Konstantin G. Arbeev, Duke University ; Liubov Arbeeva, Duke University ; Svetlana V. Ukraintseva, Duke University ; Eric Stallard, Duke University ; Deqing Wu, Duke University ; Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital ; Michael Province, Washington University in St. Louis ; Ingrid Borecki, Washington University in St. Louis ; Ryan Minster, University of Pittsburgh ; Anatoliy I. Yashin, Duke University

  4. Sensitivity Genotype Moderates the Link between Objective Weight and Perceived Weight Status among Young Women in the U.S.Robbee L. Wedow, University of Colorado, Boulder ; Jason D. Boardman, University of Colorado, Boulder

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