Monday, 28 July 2014

Lowered Age of Puberty Linked to Obesity in the Young: Study

Childhood obesity has been linked to lowering of the age of puberty, as identified in a study. The research which discovered the link, carried out at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, is published in the iJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism/i. The study focuses on a protein called sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), the regulation and role of which in children are poorly defined. SHBG binds to the sex ...




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