Publications by authors named "Medardo Burgueno M"
Background: There is a worldwide tendency towards an earlier appearance of puberal development among children, associated with an increase in weight and height.
Aim: To study the trends in puberal development in Chilean school age children, between the years 1986 and 2001 and correlate it with weight and height changes.
Subjects And Methods: In two representative samples of school age children, collected between years 1985 and 1987 (m-1986) and another between years 2000 and 2002 (m-2001), girls between 7 and 15years (958 and 935, respectively) and boys between 9 and 15 years (842 and 870 respectively), were selected.