Nature Vs Nurture Research Paper
Clinical Evaluation –“Dietary Intake of Young Twins: Nature or Nurture?”
The scientific article aimed towards the early childhood dieting. Studies tested the prediction of the diet was determined primarily on the environment instead of genetics from their parents. 2402 pairs of 21 month old twins were recruited as participants in the Gemini study by using birth registration data for all twins in England and Wales from March to December 2007. 1216 of the twins were available to have their dietary diaries collected. It was broken down to 384 monozygotic and 832 dizygotic pairs after exclusions. It was known fact that contributions of genetic and environmental analysis were the main factors to population variation in intake. Statistics showed that children at 21 months were consuming small portions of family foods which were being divided from the shared environment and genetic factors of the dietary intake variation. It comes up with the question, whether the environment or …show more content…
Dietary Intake of Young Twins: Nature or Nurture?
Cambridge, United Kingdom. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2013. Web.
The authors conducted an experiment in conjunction with funding from the United Kingdom Research Council and the Cancer Research United Kingdom by which the study tested the hypothesis that diet in early childhood primarily is determined by the environment instead of heritability factors.
The study recruited 2402 families of twins aged 21 month old to partake in a classic twin design that used 3-d dietary data collected from the Gemini cohort. Only 1216 twins had dietary diaries available after exclusions. Certain intakes of macronutrients, food, and beverages were estimated along with the twin analyses which quantified the contributions of genetic and environmental factors to population variation in
The scientific article aimed towards the early childhood dieting. Studies tested the prediction of the diet was determined primarily on the environment instead of genetics from their parents. 2402 pairs of 21 month old twins were recruited as participants in the Gemini study by using birth registration data for all twins in England and Wales from March to December 2007. 1216 of the twins were available to have their dietary diaries collected. It was broken down to 384 monozygotic and 832 dizygotic pairs after exclusions. It was known fact that contributions of genetic and environmental analysis were the main factors to population variation in intake. Statistics showed that children at 21 months were consuming small portions of family foods which were being divided from the shared environment and genetic factors of the dietary intake variation. It comes up with the question, whether the environment or …show more content…
Dietary Intake of Young Twins: Nature or Nurture?
Cambridge, United Kingdom. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2013. Web.
The authors conducted an experiment in conjunction with funding from the United Kingdom Research Council and the Cancer Research United Kingdom by which the study tested the hypothesis that diet in early childhood primarily is determined by the environment instead of heritability factors.
The study recruited 2402 families of twins aged 21 month old to partake in a classic twin design that used 3-d dietary data collected from the Gemini cohort. Only 1216 twins had dietary diaries available after exclusions. Certain intakes of macronutrients, food, and beverages were estimated along with the twin analyses which quantified the contributions of genetic and environmental factors to population variation in