Early Life Growth Predicts Pubertal Development in South African Adolescents.
Elizabeth A LundeenShane A NorrisReynaldo MartorellParminder S SuchdevNeil K MehtaLinda M RichterAryeh D SteinPublished in: The Journal of nutrition (2016)
In boys and girls, both height and body mass index in early childhood predicted the trajectory of pubertal development. This may provide a tool to identify children at risk of early pubertal onset.