Rapid maturation in adolescence results in greater obesity in adulthood: The Amsterdam Growth and Health Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-24

  Van Lenthe, Frank J ^a   Kemper, Han C G ^a,b   Van Mechelen, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adolescence; biological maturation; longitudinal studies; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; BONE AGE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

PROSPECT HILL VIRUS;

EID: 0030015408     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/64.1.18     Document Type: Article

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