Is obesity at individual and national level associated with lower age at menarche? Evidence from 34 countries in the health behaviour in school-aged children study

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 621-626

  Currie, Candace ^a   Ahluwalia, Naman ^b   Godeau, Emmanuelle ^c   Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse ^d   Due, Pernille ^e   Currie, Dorothy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescent obesity; Age at menarche; Childhood obesity; Early puberty; HBSC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MENARCHE; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84861571315     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.10.254     Document Type: Article

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