ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2022
Childhood Overweight and Obesity and Pubertal Onset Among Mexican-American Boys and Girls in the CHAMACOS Longitudinal Study.
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- Association of Obesity and Overweight with Early Puberty in Boys: A Meta AnalysisJournal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology · 2026Pooled it
- The relationship between childhood obesity and male puberty development: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Diet and Nutrients Intakes during Infancy and Childhood in Relation to Early Puberty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Let's Grow: Toward Culturally Sensitive Pubertal Research Practices with Migrant Adolescents.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Cardiometabolic and Biochemical Indicators in Adolescent Girls According to Nutritional Status and Lifestyle.Nutrients · 2026Article
- The Individual Relationship between Pubertal Growth and Physical Changes of Puberty in Healthy Adolescents.Hormone research in paediatrics · 2025Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of central precocious puberty: A PRISMA-ScR-COMPLIANT scoping review.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Family Functioning and Pubertal Maturation in Hispanic/Latino Children from the HCHS/SOL Youth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Shared Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Genetic Factors in Early Menarche and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Review
- Impact of Obesity on Pubertal Timing and Male Fertility.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Epidemiologic investigation of pediatric distal humerus fractures: An American insurance claims database study.World journal of orthopedics · 2024Article
- Growth in height and its association with overweight and obesity in Mexican children: an evaluation based on a nationally representative sample (ENSANUT 2018).Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Associations Between Childhood Obesity and Pubertal Timing Stratified by Sex and Race/Ethnicity.American journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
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- Association Between Childhood Body Size and Premenstrual Disorders in Young Adulthood.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Invited Commentary: Childhood Adiposity and the Onset of Puberty-It Turns Out There Is More to Be Learned.American journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Association of mode of delivery with offspring pubertal development in Project Viva: a prospective pre-birth cohort study in the USA.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Secular trends in earlier initiation of puberty have been observed in recent decades. One risk factor appears to be increases in adiposity, as measured by body mass index. This trend is particularly notable among Latino populations, who have higher rates of overweight/obesity compared with non-Latino White youth. Previous research has focused primarily on White girls, resulting in data gaps regarding male puberty and among potentially high-risk populations. Using data from the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS) study, we examined body mass index at age 5 years (2005-2006) and multiple markers of pubertal onset, assessed repeatedly and longitudinally at 7 in-person visits, starting at age 9 and continuing through age 14 (2009-2015), among 336 Mexican Americans in Salinas, California. We observed no associations among boys, but found significantly earlier thelarche in overweight (HR = 1.7, 95% CI: 1.1, 2.7) and obese girls (HR = 1.5, 95% CI: 1.0, 2.4), menarche in overweight girls (HR = 1.6; CI: 1.0, 2.4), and pubarche in obese girls (HR = 1.9; CI: 1.2, 3.0), compared with normal-weight girls. This study examined an understudied population and included key covariates, such as birth weight and early adverse events, which are typically omitted in studies.
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