Age at puberty and the emerging obesity epidemic

Lise Aksglaede; Anders Juul; Lina W Olsen; Thorkild I A Sørensen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008450

Age at puberty and the emerging obesity epidemic

Lise Aksglaede
, Anders Juul
, Lina W Olsen
, Thorkild I A Sørensen

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Abstract

Recent studies have shown that puberty starts at younger ages than previously. It has been hypothesized that the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity is contributing to this trend. The purpose of this study was to analyze the association between prepubertal body mass index (BMI) and pubertal timing, as assessed by age at onset of pubertal growth spurt (OGS) and at peak height velocity (PHV), and the secular trend of pubertal timing given the prepubertal BMI.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	P L o S One
Vol/bind	4
Udgave nummer	12
Sider (fra-til)	e8450
ISSN	1932-6203
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008450
Status	Udgivet - 1 jan. 2009

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