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Association between Obesity and Puberty Timing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017
This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the associations between obesity and puberty timing based on scientific evidence. Eight electronic databases were searched up to February 2017 for eligible studies, and two reviewers screened the articles
Wenyan Li, Qin Liu, Xu Deng, Yiwen Chen, Shudan Liu, M. Story   +5 more
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Physical development of adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and the impact of the war in Ukraine on its impairment

Фізична реабілітація та рекреаційно-оздоровчі технології
Purpose: To determine the characteristics of physical development (PD) of adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and the impact of the war in Ukraine on its nature.
Svetlana Turchina, Ganna Kosovtsova, Olga Varodova, Sergey Kalmykov, Yuliya Kalmykova   +4 more
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Postnatal Feeding With a Fat Rich Diet Induces Precocious Puberty Independent of Body Weight, Body Fat, and Leptin Levels in Female Mice

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019
Puberty generally occurs when an individual has stored a sufficient amount of energy. Previous reports have shown that postnatal overfeeding, induced by a small litter size or maternal high fat diet (HFD) feeding during gestation and lactation increases ...
Rahim Ullah, Rahim Ullah, Ali Raza, Naveed Rauf, Naveed Rauf, Yi Shen, Yu-Dong Zhou, Junfen Fu, Junfen Fu   +8 more
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Effects of Selective Deletion of Tyrosine Hydroxylase from Kisspeptin Cells on Puberty and Reproduction in Male and Female Mice. [PDF]

, 2017
The neuropeptide kisspeptin, encoded by Kiss1, regulates reproduction by stimulating GnRH secretion. Kiss1-syntheizing neurons reside primarily in the hypothalamic anteroventral periventricular (AVPV/PeN) and arcuate (ARC) nuclei.
Chahal, Navi, Kauffman, Alexander S, Liaw, Reanna B, Parra, Ruby A, Rouse, Melvin L, Stephens, Shannon BZ, Tolson, Kristen P   +6 more
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Conceptualizing Puberty as a Window of Opportunity for Impacting Health and Well‐Being Across the Life Span

Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2019
We promote the perspective that puberty, a separate biological process embedded in adolescence, is a "window of opportunity" for understanding and impacting health and development. First, we include a brief overview of pubertal change. Second, we propose
L. Dorn, Camelia E. Hostinar, E. Susman, P. Pervanidou   +3 more
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Piloting puberty content books and a teacher training guide in Sierra Leone: a qualitative assessment

Frontiers in Education
IntroductionEnsuring young people receive adequate information and guidance about puberty is essential for healthy adolescent transitions. Although many countries are moving toward including comprehensive sexuality education in national curricula ...
Susi Martinez, Sylvia Ohene Marfo, Aisha Fofana Ibrahim, Allison Carney, Frances Vavrus, Mohamed Kabba, Natalie Wyss, Marni Sommer   +7 more
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Effect of heat stress on sex hormones, sex organ weight and relationships with sexual puberty in male rats [PDF]

Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2019
This study was designed to investigate the effect of chronic and acute heat stress on sex hormones level and their relationship to sexual puberty in male rats.
hiyam matty, Ashwaq Hassan
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Change of Body Composition and Adipokines and Their Relationship with Insulin Resistance across Pubertal Development in Obese and Nonobese Chinese Children: The BCAMS Study

International Journal of Endocrinology, 2012
A transient increase in insulin resistance (IR) is a component of puberty. We investigated the impact of body composition and adipokines on IR during puberty in Chinese children. This study included 3223 schoolchildren aged 6–18 years.
Lu Xu, Ming Li, Jinhua Yin, Hong Cheng, Miao Yu, Xiaoyuan Zhao, Xinhua Xiao, Jie Mi   +7 more
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Ovarian cysts and tumors as the cause of isosexual pseudoprecocious puberty [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2006
Introduction. Precocious puberty in girls is generally defined as appearance of secondary sexual characteristics before eight years of age. Menarche before the ninth birthday may serve as an additional criterion.
Mitrović Katarina, Zdravković Dragan, Milenković Tatjana, Sedlecki Katarina, Stanković Zoran   +4 more
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‘We never talk about puberty’: a qualitative assessment of a faith-based distribution of puberty books

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
Many adolescents across sub-Saharan Africa receive inadequate puberty education, hindering their ability to successfully manage the transition into adolescence. The use of puberty books provides a low-capacity approach to delivering such guidance.
Courtney J. Brown-Bradley, Magdalena Marki Maina, Marni Sommer   +2 more
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