Obesity
A woman's age at first menstruation influences risk of obesity for her children
Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 10th, 2007
A new study published in PLoS Medicine suggests that the age when a woman's periods start may affect her children's growth rate during childhood, final height and risk of obesity in later life. Researchers from the Medical Research Council and University of Cambridge, led by Dr Ken Ong, studied the association between mother's age at first menstruation, mother's adult body size and obesity risk, and children's growth and obesity risk in 6,009 children from the UK Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) in Bristol.
In mothers, earlier age of periods was associated with shorter adult height, increased weight, and body mass index compared with women whose...
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