Adolescent obesity and puberty: The "perfect storm"

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1135, Issue , 2008, Pages 265-279

  Jasik, Carolyn Bradner ^a,b   Lustig, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent obesity; Estrogen; Leptin, insulin; Menstrual cycle; Obesity; Overweight; Pediatric obesity

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; BREAST CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 45549084976     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1429.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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