The relation of menarcheal age to obesity in childhood and adulthood: the Bogalusa heart study

BACKGROUND: Several studies have shown that girls who undergo menarche at a relatively young age tend to be more obese as adults. However, because childhood (pre-menarcheal) levels of weight and height are associated with an earlier menarche, the increased prevalence of adult obesity among early mat...

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Autores principales: Freedman, David S, Khan, Laura Kettel, Serdula, Mary K, Dietz, William H, Srinivasan, Sathanur R, Berenson, Gerald S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC156622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12723990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-3-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC156622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12723990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-3-3

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