Earlier Mother's Age at Menarche Predicts Rapid Infancy Growth and Childhood Obesity

BACKGROUND: Early menarche tends to be preceded by rapid infancy weight gain and is associated with increased childhood and adult obesity risk. As age at menarche is a heritable trait, we hypothesised that age at menarche in the mother may in turn predict her children's early growth and obesity...

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Autores principales: Ong, Ken K, Northstone, Kate, Wells, Jonathan CK, Rubin, Carol, Ness, Andy R, Golding, Jean, Dunger, David B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17455989
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040132

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17455989
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040132

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