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Secular trend of timing of puberty

Delemarre-van de Waal, Henriette·2005·Endocrine Development
DOI 10.1159/000084082
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During the last decades, a secular trend of growth and timing of puberty occurred consisting of increased adult height and earlier onset of puberty. In The Netherlands although the most recent survey showed an increase of final height again, the timing of puberty onset appears to level off, and in boys pubertal onset was even slightly retarded. Different findings were reported from the United States, where a strong advancement of the onset of puberty was observed in both white and black girls, although the effect was more evident in black girls. Timing of puberty follows a familial pattern and therefore seems to be controlled by genetic factors, whereas environmental factors may influence and mediate the genetic regulation. Environmental factors such as nutritional status, chronic diseases, migration to a healthy environment, frequent infectious diseases, pollution and exposure to insecticides are all thought to influence the endocrine regulation status and therefore differentiation and development of endocrine organs. In this chapter, the physiologic mechanisms of puberty onset with the different regulatory aspects, as well as pathologic processes interfering with the onset of puberty will be discussed.

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  • Emerging adulthood in modern societies is part of the historical lengthening of both ends of the pre-reproductive life span of human females (early puberty and late reproduction) in response to improved nutrition and decreased infection.

    “Emerging adulthood in modern societies is part of the historical lengthening of both ends of the pre-reproductive life span of human females (early puberty and late reproduction) in response to improved nutrition and decreased infection (62, 63).”

    From Emerging Adulthood, a Pre-adult Life-History Stage (2020) · cites this paper as [62]

  • Menarcheal age has declined in the U.S. and Europe for over a century.

    “Menarcheal age has declined in the U.S. and Europe for over a century”

    From Emerging Adulthood, a Pre-adult Life-History Stage (2020) · cites this paper as [113]

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Authors
Delemarre-van de Waal, H.
Venue
Endocrine Development
Publisher
KARGER
Published
2005
Volume
8
Pages
1-14
DOI
10.1159/000084082
OpenAlex
W2150971921
Cited by
46
References
52
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 4
FWCI
11.08
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • KARGER eBooks (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Human Health and Disease
Keywords
secular trends, timing of puberty, puberty onset, adult height, growth, genetic control, environmental factors, nutritional status, chronic disease, migration, infectious diseases, pollution, insecticide exposure, hormonal regulation, pubertal disorders
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Emigration and Immigration, Female, Fetal Growth Retardation, Humans, Male, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Puberty, Puberty, Precocious, Time Factors

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