Letters to the editor
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Annals of Human Biology
- Vol. 3 (5), 489-492
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03014467600001751
Abstract
Significant recent research concerning heights, critical weights and body composition of girls at menarche is discussed. There is increasing evidence from studies with rats fed high- and low-fat diets that food intake per unit body weight is a signal for puberty and that a synchronization between sexual maturation and body growth exists.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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