| Title |
Age at Puberty and the Emerging Obesity Epidemic
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0008450 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lise Aksglaede, Anders Juul, Lina W. Olsen, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen |
| 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. |
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| Morocco | 1 | 100% |
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| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
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| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Morocco | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 136 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 14% |
| Researcher | 18 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 10 | 7% |
| Other | 28 | 20% |
| Unknown | 23 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 58 | 41% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 16 | 11% |
| Unknown | 28 | 20% |