Effect of the month of birth on the height of young adult males.

Objective: To explore a possible association between the month of birth and the final adult height in men and see if this could be described in terms of periodicity.

Materials And Methods: We used anthropometric data of 15,109 young male conscripts of the Greek Army. The data were collected from May 2006 until May 2010 and included men who had been born over a period of 12 years (1980-1991).

Greek young men grow taller.

Aim: To examine whether a secular trend for greater height is still observed in young Greek men.

Method: Height and weight of 3982 Greek conscripts, aged 18-26 years, were measured and correlated with the level of education and place of residence. Our data were collected from May 2006 to May 2007 from pre-selected army camps all over Greece.

Age at menarche in contemporary Greek girls: evidence for levelling-off of the secular trend.

Aim: To examine the secular trend of menarcheal age in Greek girls during the last decade.

Methods: Seven hundred and fifty senior high schoolgirls were asked through a questionnaire to report their date of menarche, participation in physical activities and their weight status at menarche. The data were compared with those of a study of 1996.