Development of adiposity, obesity and age at menarche: an 8-year follow-up study in Portuguese schoolgirls.

Aim: It has been suggested that the decline in menarcheal age is associated with the increase of obesity prevalence.

Objective: To examine the association between age at menarche and adiposity development from age 7 to 15 years.

Subjects: A cohort of 109 schoolgirls from Viana do Castelo (Northern Portugal).