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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...
Autores principales: | Reiches, Meredith W., Moore, Sophie E., Prentice, Andrew M., Prentice, Ann, Sawo, Yankuba, Ellison, Peter T. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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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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