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Height and weight at menarche and a hypothesis of critical body weights and adolescent events

Frisch, Rose E., Revelle, Roger·1970·Science

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Height and weight at menarche were found for each subject in three longitudinal growth studies. Early and late maturing girls have menarche at the same mean weight, but late maturers are taller at menarche. Two other major events of adolescence, initiation of the weight growth spurt and maximum rate of weight gain, also occur at an invariant mean weight. The hypothesis is proposed that a critical body weight may trigger each of these adolescent events. Such an interaction would explain the secular trend to an earlier menarche.

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Authors
Frisch, R. E., & Revelle, R.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Venue
Science
Published
1970-07-24
Volume
169
Issue
3943
Pages
397-399
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2022076256
Cited by
721
References
17
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 25
FWCI
9.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Human Health and Disease
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
Keywords
menarche, adolescent growth, body weight, body height, pubertal timing, weight gain, growth spurt, secular trends, longitudinal growth study, girls
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Altitude, Birth Weight, Body Height, Body Weight, Child, Female, Growth, Humans, Menarche, Menstruation, Metabolism, Prospective Studies, Puberty

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