CONTEXT An increased prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been reported in adult women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1). We investigated whether these hormonal abnormalities begin during puberty by evaluating the ovarian steroidogenic response to leuprolide acetate. METHODS We studied 56 adolescent girls with DM1 (aged 12.3 +/- 0.2 yr) and 64 healthy girls (C) (aged 11.9 +/- ...

BACKGROUND Adolescence is a vital part of child development, where acquired eating/dietary behaviour is often associated with ones' perception of body shape. OBJECTIVES To assess eating habits in relation to body shape perception and esteem in middle-school (junior-high) pupils. MATERIALS AND METHODS Surveyed subjects were 170 middle-school pupils from Warsaw; 101 girls and 69 boys aged 15 ...

BACKGROUND Age at menarche is the reflection of cumulative pre-adolescent exposure of girls to either adverse environment such as food insecurity or affluent living conditions. Food insecurity could result in inadequate nutrient intake and stress, both of which are hypothesized to have opposing effects on the timing of menarche through divergent pathways. It is not known whether food insecure g...

collaboration with CARE-India, tested the feasibility and impact of adding four livelihoods and life-skill components to a reproductive health programme for adolescent girls (both school-going and out-of-school) aged 14-19. Using a quasiexperimental preand post-test design that contrasted the experimental group with a comparison group of adolescents, the project investigated whether the interve...

During 2013-2015, 3.9% of boys and 4.3% of girls missed >10 school days in the past 12 months because of illness or injury. Among children aged 15-17 years, girls were more likely than boys to miss >10 school days (6.8% compared with 3.9%). Among girls, those aged 15-17 years were more likely than girls aged 5-10 years and girls aged 11-14 years to miss >10 school days (6.8% compared with 3.2% ...

This empirical study tests the hypothesis that the versatile learning of trigonometry using interactive computer graphics would lead to a greater improvement in the performance of girls over boys. The experiment was carried out with 15 year old pupils in two schools with matched entry standards, each subdivided by ability into four corresponding mixed gender groups. In every case, experimental ...

In 1971 triceps skinfold thickness was measured in a sample of 6-14-year-old children attending school in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The sample consisted of 1,243 boys and 1,183 girls. In both boys and girls triceps skinfolds tended to increase with age, this being most marked in the girls. If a 25 mm triceps skinfold is taken as indicating obesity, then 32-4% of the 14-year old girls and 3-6%...