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Maturational timing as a factor in female fatness and obesity
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The data suggest that maturational timing has a greater long-term effect on the level of fatness than the level-of-fatness had on maturations in the past.About:
This article is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The article was published on 1986-06-01. It has received 241 citations till now.read more
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Health Consequences of Obesity in Youth: Childhood Predictors of Adult Disease
TL;DR: The adverse effects of obesity in children and adolescents are considered and areas for future research are outlined.
Childhood predictors of adult obesity: a systematic review.
TL;DR: This paper found a strong consistent relationship between low socioeconomic status (SES) in early life and increased fatness in adulthood, but in studies which attempted to address potential confounding by gestational age, parental fatness, or social group, the relationship was less consistent.
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Body Mass Index: Obesity, BMI, and Health: A Critical Review
TL;DR: The BMI has been useful in population-based studies by virtue of its wide acceptance in defining specific categories of body mass as a health issue, but it is increasingly clear that BMI is a rather poor indicator of percent of body fat.
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Childhood predictors of adult obesity: a systematic review
TL;DR: To identify factors in childhood which might influence the development of obesity in adulthood, electronic databases were searched and a strong consistent relationship is observed between low SES in early life and increased fatness in adulthood.
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Is Obesity Associated With Early Sexual Maturation? A Comparison of the Association in American Boys Versus Girls
TL;DR: Fatness was associated with SM stages and with early maturation in boys and girls, but the associations were in opposite directions, and early maturing boys were thinner, whereasEarly maturing girls were fatter.
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