The onset of puberty in adolescents and whether it is related to obesity is an ongoing topic
for debate. Epidemiological cross-sectional and longitudinal studies show a shift towards …

Nutrition is an important regulator of the tempo of human growth. Infancy may represent a
critical 'window'where variations in nutrition have longer-term consequences for growth and …

Early onset of puberty may confer adverse health consequences. Thus, modifiable factors
influencing the timing of puberty are of public health interest. Childhood overweight as a …

Puberty marks the end of childhood and is a period when individuals undergo physiological
and psychological changes to achieve sexual maturation and fertility. The hypothalamic …

Lay and medical sources state that children enter puberty earlier now than in past decades.
Although it is clear that puberty and menarche currently begin at younger ages than they did …

The potential relationship between childhood obesity and earlier puberty onset has major
public health implications. Earlier menarche in girls is associated with increased risk of adult …

Aims Obesity and early puberty have been reported to be mutually causative. We
investigated the causal relationship between adiposity and early puberty by performing …

Background 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 …

Worldwide prevalence of childhood obesity has increased greatly during the past three
decades. The increasing occurrence in children of disorders such as type 2 diabetes is …

Background: The prevalence of obesity in childhood has increased dramatically in recent
decades with increased risk of developing cardiometabolic and other comorbidities …