The adolescent transition under energetic stress: Body composition tradeoffs among adolescent women in The Gambia

Background and objectives: Life history theory predicts a shift in energy allocation from growth to reproductive function as a consequence of puberty. During adolescence, linear growth tapers off and, in females, ovarian steroid production increases. In this model, acquisition of lean mass is associ...

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Autores principales: Reiches, Meredith W., Moore, Sophie E., Prentice, Andrew M., Prentice, Ann, Sawo, Yankuba, Ellison, Peter T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3868354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24481188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eot005

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3868354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24481188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eot005

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