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Body composition development of adolescent white females: the Penn State Young Women's Health Study.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

October 1998

Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, The College of Medicine and University Hospitals, The Pennsylvania State University at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey 17033, USA.

Objective: To obtain simultaneous and longitudinal measures of height, weight, total body bone mineral content, total body bone mineral density, percentage of body fat, lean body mass, and body mass index in healthy white females between the ages of 11 and 18 years.

Design: A longitudinal, observational study.

Setting: University medical center in a small city.

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The objective of this study was to compare the relations among nutrient intake, fitness, serum antioxidants, and cardiolipoprotein profiles in female adolescents. The study design was a cross-sectional analysis of the Penn State Young Women's Health Study. The present study was performed with the entire cohort (n = 86) when they were 17.

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