Secular trends in growth
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Secular trends in growth.
Since the 19th century there have been clearly documented secular trends to increasing adult height in most European countries, with current rates of 10-30 mm/decade. Over the same period menarcheal age has also fallen steeply, but has now stabilized at approximately 13 years and may be rising again. Height trends tend to be greater in childhood than in adulthood due to the associated advance i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1017/s0029665100000355