Journal
HORMONE RESEARCH
Volume 60, Issue -, Pages 36-45Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000071224
Keywords
pubescence; puberty; body composition; total body fat; fat-free mass; bone mineral content; bone mineral density; body mass index; children; longitudinal study
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- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [R01HD012252] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH &HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [R01HD038356, R01HD036342] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [F32DK064482] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NICHD NIH HHS [HD-12252, HD-38356, HD-36342, R01 HD012252] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [F32 DK064482-01A1] Funding Source: Medline
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Body composition during puberty is a marker of metabolic changes that occur during this period of growth and maturation, and, thus, holds key information regarding current and future health. During puberty, the main components of body composition (total body fat, lean body mass, bone mineral content) all increase, but considerable sexual dimorphism exists. Methods for measuring body composition (e.g. densitometry and dual-energy Xray absorptiometry) and degree of maturity will be discussed in this review. Components of body composition show age-to-age correlations (i.e. 'tracking'), especially from adolescence onwards. Furthermore, adipose tissue is endocrinologically active and is centrally involved in the interaction between adipocytokines, insulin and sex-steroid hormones, and thus influences cardiovascular and metabolic disease processes. In conclusion, pubertal body composition is important, not only for the assessment of contemporaneous nutritional status, but also for being linked directly to the possible onset of chronic disease later in life and is, therefore, useful for disease risk assessment and intervention early in life. Copyright (C) 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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