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Rose E. Frisch
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 67
Citations - 6062
Rose E. Frisch is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Menarche & Athletes. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 67 publications receiving 5912 citations. Previous affiliations of Rose E. Frisch include Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
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Height and weight at menarche and a hypothesis of critical body weights and adolescent events.
Rose E. Frisch,Roger Revelle +1 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that a critical body weight may trigger each of the major events of adolescence, initiation of the weight growth spurt and maximum rate of weight gain, which occur at an invariant mean weight.
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Delayed menarche and amenorrhea of college athletes in relation to age of onset of training.
Rose E. Frisch,Astrid V. Gotz-Welbergen,Janet W. McArthur,T E Albright,Jelia C. Witschi,Beverly A. Bullen,Jason Birnholz,Robert B. Reed,Howard Hermann +8 more
TL;DR: Training increased the incidence of oligomenorrhea and amenorrhea among both premenarche- and postmenarches-trained athletes, and metabolic and hormonal changes consequent to an increased lean/fat ratio may explain these findings.
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Evidence for a Secular Trend in Age of Menarche
Grace Wyshak,Rose E. Frisch +1 more
TL;DR: Data is presented documenting a secular trend toward an earlier age of menarche in Europe and the United States in the past century and there has been recent controversy on whether such a change has taken place.
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Height and weight at menarche and a hypothesis of menarche.
Rose E. Frisch,Roger Revelle +1 more
TL;DR: Early and late menarcheal girls gain the same amount of height and weight in the interval from the initiation of the adolescent spurt to menarches, though late maturers grow at slower rates during the spurt.
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Delayed Menarche and Amenorrhea in Ballet Dancers
TL;DR: Young female ballet dancers attending professional schools or dancing in companies in which thinness is much admired restrict their food intake and are highly active.