ArticleThe Journal of nutrition2015
Milk Consumption after Age 9 Years Does Not Predict Age at Menarche.
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- Genetic correlation and Mendelian randomization analyses support causal relationships between dietary habits and age at menarche.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Dietary pattern and precocious puberty risk in Chinese girls: a case-control study.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
- Links between Childhood Obesity, High-Fat Diet, and Central Precocious Puberty.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Association of the consumption of common drinks with early puberty in both sexes.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Lower adherence to a prudent dietary pattern is associated with earlier age at menarche in adolescents from the Growth and Obesity Chilean Cohort Study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Prospective associations of mid-childhood plasma per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and pubertal timing.Environment international · 2021Article
- The overall diet quality in childhood is prospectively associated with the timing of puberty.European journal of nutrition · 2021Article
- Longitudinal association of dietary sources of animal and plant protein throughout childhood with menarche.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
- The Role of Fetal, Infant, and Childhood Nutrition in the Timing of Sexual Maturation.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Modern dietary pattern is prospectively associated with earlier age at menarche: data from the CHNS 1997-2015.Nutrition journal · 2020Article
- Greater adherence to a Mediterranean-like diet is associated with later breast development and menarche in peripubertal girls.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Childhood diet and growth in boys in relation to timing of puberty and adult height: the Longitudinal Studies of Child Health and Development.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2018Article
- Association between Dietary Patterns and Precocious Puberty in Children: A Population-Based Study.International journal of endocrinology · 2018Article
- Peripubertal dietary flavonol and lignan intake and age at menarche in a longitudinal cohort of girls.Pediatric research · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundRegular milk consumption during childhood and adolescence is recommended for bone health. However, milk consumption increases circulating insulin-like growth factor I concentrations, and may also accelerate puberty.
objectiveWe prospectively investigated the association between milk consumption and age at menarche in the Growing Up Today Study.
methodsStudy participants were 5583 US girls who were premenarcheal and ages 9-14 y in 1996. Girls were followed through 2001, at which time 97% of noncensored participants had reported menarche. Frequency of milk and meat consumption was calculated with the use of annual youth/adolescent food frequency questionnaires from 1996-1998. Intake of related nutrients was also measured. Age at menarche was self-reported annually through 2001.
resultsDuring follow-up, 5227 girls attained menarche over 10,555 accrued person-years. In models adjusted for dietary and sociodemographic predictors of menarche, frequency of milk consumption did not predict age at onset of menarche (for >3 glasses of milk/d vs. 1.1-4 glasses/wk, HR: 0.93; 95% CI: 0.83, 1.04). After additional adjustment for body size, premenarcheal girls consuming >3 glasses of milk daily were 13% less likely (95% CI: -3%, -23%; P-trend: <0.01) to attain menarche in the next month relative to those consuming 1.1-4 glasses/wk. Neither total meat nor red meat consumption was associated with age at menarche.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that regular consumption of milk in girls aged ≥9 y is unlikely to substantially affect age at onset of menarche. Studies assessing associations between diet in early childhood and pubertal timing may be more illuminating.
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