Childhood obesity and the timing of puberty

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 237-242

  Ahmed, M Lynn ^a,b   Ong, Ken K ^a,c   Dunger, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; METASTIN;

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 67649224071     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2009.02.004     Document Type: Review

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