Obesity Prevention
School-based obesity-prevention changed BMI and fat distribution, and delayed menarche
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 26th, 2005
"Early menarche is a risk factor for breast cancer. Since body composition influences age at menarche we decided to estimate the effects of a school-based intervention for the prevention of obesity on the initiation of menses in young girls. Ten schools were randomized to a modified curriculum or no curricular changes for 2 school-years," investigators in the United States report.
J.E. Chavarro and colleagues at Harvard University collected, "Data of 508 premenarcheal girls at baseline (age range: 10-13 years). Girls attending an intervention school...
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