Recent decline in age at menarche: the Fels Longitudinal Study

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The average at menarche of United States girls has reduced than before due to the increase in childhood body mass index [BMI]. The Fels Longitudinal Study shows that there is no evidence of decline in the age at menarche due to the concurrent increase in BMI at any point in childhood and that population-level shift in BMI and the timing of menarche are largely independent.

United States, Analysis, Surveys, Teenage girls, Study and teaching, Body mass index

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Genetic factors in physical growth and development and their relationship to subsequent health outcomes

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A study to see the influence of genetic factors on growth in stature during childhood and to determine whether gene influences health is presented. Results show some evidence of common genetic pathways affects certain aspects of growth and adult outcome including body composition and blood pressure.

Physiological aspects, Environmental aspects, Genetic aspects, Body composition, Blood pressure, Human growth, Human development, Report

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Sex differences in young adulthood metabolic syndrome and physical activity: The fels longitudinal study

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The effects of habitual physical activity (PA) on the metabolic syndrome (MS) in young adult and women are evaluated. It is concluded that among adults between 18 and 40 years, PA is inversely associated with the presence of the MS in men and of individual MS components in women.

Health aspects, Women, Exercise, Women's health, Metabolic syndrome X

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