The effect of early menarche on later body composition and fat distribution in female adolescents: Role of birth weight

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-320

  Labayen, Idoia ^a   Ortega, Francisco B ^b,g   Moreno, Luis A ^d   Redondo Figuero, Carlos ^c   Bueno, Gloria ^e   Gómez Martínez, Sonia ^f   Bueno, Manuel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d University School of Health Sciences   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^f CSIC   (Spain)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Birth weight; Body composition; Menarche; Programming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; EARLY MENARCHE; FAT FREE MASS INDEX; FAT MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENARCHE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 70349413568     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000242441     Document Type: Article

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