Beyond overweight: Nutrition as an important lifestyle factor influencing timing of puberty

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 133-152

  Cheng, Guo ^a   Buyken, Anette E ^a   Shi, Lijie ^a   Karaolis Danckert, Nadina ^a   Kroke, Anja ^b   Wudy, Stefan A ^c   Degen, Gisela H ^d   Remer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FULDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hormone; Nutrition; Timing of puberty

Indexed keywords

ISOFLAVONE; STEROID HORMONE; TRACE ELEMENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CALORIC INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; EFFECT SIZE; ENERGY BALANCE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENARCHE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; AGE OF ONSET; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENARCHE; OVERWEIGHT; PUBERTY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84857496377     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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