SEXUAL-MATURATION AND OBESITY IN 9-YEAR-OLD AND 10-YEAR-OLD BLACK-AND-WHITE GIRLS - THE NATIONAL-HEART-LUNG-AND-BLOOD-INSTITUTE GROWTH AND HEALTH STUDY

Authors
MORRISON JA BARTON B BIRO FM SPRECHER DL FALKNER F OBARZANEK E
Citation
Ja. Morrison et al., SEXUAL-MATURATION AND OBESITY IN 9-YEAR-OLD AND 10-YEAR-OLD BLACK-AND-WHITE GIRLS - THE NATIONAL-HEART-LUNG-AND-BLOOD-INSTITUTE GROWTH AND HEALTH STUDY, The Journal of pediatrics, 124(6), 1994, pp. 889-895
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
124
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
889 - 895
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1994)124:6<889:SAOI9A>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Objective: To assess the relationship between pubertal maturation and obesity in 9- and 10-year-old black and white girls. Method: Cross-sec tional analysis of cohort baseline data. Subjects: A cohort of 2379 gi rls recruited from selected schools in Richmond, Calif., and greater C incinnati, Ohio, and from the membership rolls of a prepaid group prac tice in greater Washington, D.C.