The overall diet quality in childhood is prospectively associated with the timing of puberty.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The influences of nutrition in childhood on puberty onset could have sustained consequences for health and wellbeing later in life. The aim of this study was to investigate the prospective association of diet quality prior to puberty with the timing of puberty onset.

Methods

We considered data from 3983 SCCNG (Southwest China Childhood Nutrition and Growth) study participants with dietary data, anthropometric measurement, and information on potential confounders at their baseline assessment (mean age: 7.1 years for girls and 7.3 years for boys; mean length of follow-up was 4.2 years). Cox proportional hazard regression estimating hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to examine the relationship between diet quality and puberty onset. Dietar

SUBMITTER: Duan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8275527 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature