2001
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2001.114476
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Impact of timing of pubertal maturation on growth in black and white female adolescents: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study

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“…The importance of childhood obesity on the subsequent timing of menarche has been demonstrated in several studies. 2,4,50 The higher amount of body fat would act as a secondary hormonal gland influencing estrogen levels during the whole adult life and link with later obesity.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The importance of childhood obesity on the subsequent timing of menarche has been demonstrated in several studies. 2,4,50 The higher amount of body fat would act as a secondary hormonal gland influencing estrogen levels during the whole adult life and link with later obesity.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A number of studies have suggested association between AAM and obesity phenotypes. [1][2][3][4][5][6] In a longitudinal study of the northern Finland birth cohort, the proportions of overweight and obese females were significantly higher in those who had earlier menarche. 3 Consistent with that, Wasserman et al 6 found that early menarcheal ages (o12 years) were associated with the risk for obesity in postmenopausal women.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite uncertainty about biological mechanisms, it has been suggested that early maturation, in particular in women, may provide a longer duration of positive energy balance 23 or that the presence of endocrine factors during reproductive maturation enforces the accumulation of body fat. 24 Longitudinal data on this model of association are not conclusive, with some longitudinal studies suggesting stronger association of earlier puberty, [25][26][27][28] and others childhood BMI 21,22 and adult obesity. Other studies that have found an association between puberty and adult BMI did not examine childhood BMI, 23,24,29 or found both childhood weight and early menarche as important predictors of adult obesity.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Other studies that have found an association between puberty and adult BMI did not examine childhood BMI, 23,24,29 or found both childhood weight and early menarche as important predictors of adult obesity. 30,31 However, most of these studies have examined only women, [21][22][23]25,26,28,29 and different classifications are used for puberty and early onset. There remains a need for prospective studies that examine the effect of both childhood BMI and pubertal maturation on adult obesity in both men and women.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[5][6][7][8][9] The established observation that overweight girls tend to mature earlier 10 and the historically evolving hypothesis of a critical degree of body fatness for the onset of menses, 11,12 suggests linkage between these phenomena. In fact, large cross-sectional studies in some populations show significant correlations between obesity in girls, earlier development of pubic hair, higher Tanner breast stages, 13 and earlier age at menarche, 2,14 respectively.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%