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Re: “Widespread prevalence of a CREBRF variant amongst Māori and Pacific children is associated with weight and height in early childhood”

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Our recent paper [1] describes successful replication and extension of the original, ground breaking work by Minster et al. [2]. Together, the findings provide evidence that obesity is driven not only by lifestyle factors, and offer opportunities to focus future interventions.

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  1. Centre for Longitudinal Research - He Ara ki Mua and Growing Up in New Zealand, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Sarah D Berry, Caroline G. Walker, Kien Ly, Dinusha Bandara, Jatender Mohal, Teresa G. Castro, Emma Marks, Susan M. B. Morton & Cameron C. Grant

  2. School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Brain Research University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Russell G. Snell

  3. National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Polly E. Atatoa Carr

  4. Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Cameron C. Grant

  5. Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand

    Cameron C. Grant

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Berry, S.D., Walker, C.G., Ly, K. et al. Re: “Widespread prevalence of a CREBRF variant amongst Māori and Pacific children is associated with weight and height in early childhood”. Int J Obes 42, 1392–1393 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-018-0026-0

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