Early sexual maturation, central adiposity and subsequent overweight in late adolescence. A four-year follow-up of 1605 adolescent Norwegian boys and girls: The Young HUNT study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bratberg, Grete H ^a,b,c   Nilsen, Tom I L ^b   Holmen, Turid L ^a   Vatten, Lars J ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; NORWAY; OBESITY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; STANDARD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 34247480841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-54     Document Type: Article

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