Pubertal Development and Prepubertal Height and Weight Jointly Predict Young Adult Height and Body Mass Index in a Prospective Study in South Africa(1)(2)

Background: Height and adiposity track over childhood, but few studies, to our knowledge, have longitudinally examined the mediating relation of the timing and progression of puberty. Objective: We assessed interrelations between prepubertal height and body mass index, the progression through pubert...

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Published in:J Nutr
Main Authors: Stein, Aryeh D, Lundeen, Elizabeth A, Martorell, Reynaldo, Suchdev, Parminder S, Mehta, Neil K, Richter, Linda M, Norris, Shane A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Nutrition 2016
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Community and International Nutrition
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4926854/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27335138
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3945/jn.116.231076
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