Change in leptin, body composition and other hormones around menarche – a visual representation

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Authors

LG Bandini · Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center

Aviva Must · Tufts University

Elena N. Naumova · Tufts University

S. E. Anderson · Tufts University

Sonia Caprio · Yale University

JL Spadano‐Gasbarro · Harvard University

W. H. Dietz · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

We provide a visual presentation of hormonal and body composition changes occurring throughout the pubertal period in girls which may be useful in generating new hypotheses related to the timing of menarche.

Topics & Keywords

Regulation of Appetite and Obesity Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Acta Paediatrica

Volume 97, Issue 10, pp. 1454-1459

DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00948.x

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