Journal article
Effects of obesity on human sexual development
IV Wagner, MA Sabin, RW Pfäffle, A Hiemisch, E Sergeyev, A Körner, W Kiess
Nature Reviews Endocrinology | Published : 2012
Abstract
Puberty is a period of physical and psychological maturation, with long-term effects on health. During the 20th century, a secular trend towards earlier puberty occurred in association with improvements in nutrition. The worldwide pandemic of childhood obesity has renewed interest in the relationship between body composition in childhood and the timing and tempo of puberty. Limited evidence suggests that earlier puberty is associated with a tendency towards central fat deposition; therefore, pubertal status needs to be carefully considered in the categorization of childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity. In the other direction, rapid early weight gain is associated with advanced pube..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors' work is supported by grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (KFO-152, to A. K., W. K. and R. W. P.) and from the European Community "PIONEER" (to W. K.). W. K. is also being supported by grants from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Kompetenznetz "Adipositas", Konsortium 'LARGE' and the IFB Adipositaserkrankungen, University of Leipzig. M. A. S. is supported through a National Health and Medical Research Council Health Professional Training Fellowship (APP1012201), and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute is supported in part by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program.