Relation of childhood diet and body size to menarche and adolescent growth in girls

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 446-452

  Berkey, Catherine S ^a,b,d   Gardner, Jane D ^b   Lindsay Frazier, A ^a,c   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Child nutrition; Diet; Growth; Menarche

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE;

EID: 0034282433     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.5.446     Document Type: Article

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