Retrospective longitudinal analysis of the effects of postnatal weight gain on the timing and tempo of puberty and menarche in a cohort of Italian girls

• Main Authors: Vittorio Ferrari (Author), Simona Stefanucci (Author), Marta Ferrari (Author), Daniele Ciofi (Author), Stefano Stagi (Author), on the behalf of the Tuscany Menarche Study Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective over the last few decades there has been a progressive decline in the average age of onset of pubertal development stages in both sexes. The increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity seems to play an important role in this phenomenon. Design we undertook a retrospective, lon...