The tempo of puberty and its relationship to adolescent health and well-being: A systematic review.

Aim: Emerging evidence suggests that pubertal tempo, that is rate of passage through puberty, has relevance to adolescent mood and behaviour. However, its wider health and developmental significance remain unclear. This systematic review sought to clarify the relationship of pubertal tempo to indicators of health and development, and to document tempo definitions and pubertal durations reported in the literature.

Ghrelin and Peptide YY Change During Puberty: Relationships With Adolescent Growth, Development, and Obesity.

Context: Pubertal adolescents show strong appetites. How this is mediated is unclear, but ghrelin and peptide YY (PYY) play potentially important roles.

Objective: To measure ghrelin and PYY change in relation to pubertal growth.