Earlier mother's age at menarche predicts rapid infancy growth and childhood obesity.
<h4>Background</h4>Early menarche tends to be preceded by rapid infancy weight gain and is associated with increased childhood and adult obesity risk. As age at menarche is a heritable trait, we hypothesised that age at menarche in the mother may in turn predict her children's early...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-04-01
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Cyfres: | PLoS Medicine |
Mynediad Ar-lein: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040132 |