Weight status in young girls and the onset of puberty

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Lee, Joyce M ^a   Appugliese, Danielle ^c   Kaciroti, Niko ^a   Corwyn, Robert F ^d   Bradley, Robert H ^d   Lumeng, Julie C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Child; Obesity; Puberty; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947156663     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2188     Document Type: Article

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