Gareth Hawkes discusses this paper he recently co-authored: Genetic evidence that high BMI in childhood has a protective effect on intermediate diabetes traits, including measures of insulin sensitivity and secretion, after accounting for BMI in adulthood by Gareth Hawkes, Robin N. Beaumont, Jessica Tyrrell, Grace M. Power, Andrew Wood, Markku Laakso, Lilian Fernandes Silva, Michael Boehnke, Xianyong Yin, Tom G. Richardson, George Davey Smith & Timothy M. Frayling
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