Early Puberty in African-American Girls: Nutrition Past and Present

Early sexual maturation is associated with many high-risk behaviors and a prediction was made that food consumption may contribute to early onset of puberty. A comparison was made between the eating habits of several generations of African-American women. Girls today were found to consume more calci...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Adolescence 2001-12, Vol.36 (144), p.789-794
Hauptverfasser:	Talpade, Medha, Talpade, Salil
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African American teenage girls African Americans African Continental Ancestry Group Aged Aged, 80 and over At Risk Persons Biological and medical sciences Black American people Blacks Child Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Cultural Differences Developmental psychology Developmental Stages Early Adolescents Early onset Eating Disorders Eating Habits Evolution Feeding Behavior Female Females Food Food Additives Food and nutrition Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Girls Health aspects Humans Menarche Miscellaneous Nutrition Pilot Projects Predictors Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Puberty Researchers Scientific Concepts Self Concept Sex Education Sexuality United States Whites
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Zusammenfassung:	Early sexual maturation is associated with many high-risk behaviors and a prediction was made that food consumption may contribute to early onset of puberty. A comparison was made between the eating habits of several generations of African-American women. Girls today were found to consume more calcium, grains, and meat then older women did in their youth, supporting the hypothesis. (JDM)
ISSN:	0001-8449