Dataset Information
Puberty timing and adiposity change across childhood and adolescence: disentangling cause and consequence.
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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: O'Keeffe LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7744159 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Puberty timing and adiposity change across childhood and adolescence: disentangling cause and consequence.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) 20201201 12
<h4>Study question</h4>Is earlier puberty more likely a result of adiposity gain in childhood than a cause of adiposity gain in adulthood?<h4>Summary answer</h4>Pre-pubertal fat mass is associated with earlier puberty timing but puberty timing is not associated with post-pubertal fat mass change.<h4>What is known already</h4>Age at puberty onset has decreased substantially in the last several decades. Whether reducing childhood adiposity prevents earlier puberty and if early puberty prevention i ...[more]