Current pubertal development in Chinese children and the impact of overnutrition, lifestyle and perinatal factors.

Xinyi LiangKe HuangGuangping DongRuimin ChenShaoke ChenRongxiu ZhengChunlin WangHaiyan WeiBingyan CaoYan LiangHui YaoZhe SuMireguli MaimaitiFeihong LuoPin LiMin ZhuHongwei DuYu YangLanwei CuiShuting SiGuannan BaiYunxian YuEr-Gang WangPaul Leslie Hofman Jun-Fen Fu

Published in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2023)

Over the past decade, pubertal development is occurring earlier in Chinese children. While the cause is multifactorial, overweight and obesity are associated with earlier puberty onset. The currently-used normative pubertal data of precocious puberty may not be applicable to diagnose precocious puberty.

Keyphrases

young adults
cardiovascular disease
metabolic syndrome
pregnant women
physical activity
electronic health record
big data
machine learning
artificial intelligence