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A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Growth

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. John M. H. Buckler

    1. University Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Clarendon Wing, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds, UK

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Background to the Study

    • John M. H. Buckler
    Pages 1-15

  3. Height and Height Velocity

    • John M. H. Buckler
    Pages 16-25

  4. Weight and Weight Velocity

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    Pages 26-35

  5. Growth of the Limbs and Trunk

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    Pages 36-58

  6. Shoulders and Hips, Elbows and Knees

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    Pages 59-69

  7. Fat

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    Pages 70-95

  8. Limb Circumferences and Lean Body Mass

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    Pages 96-99

  9. Pubertal Changes

    • John M. H. Buckler
    Pages 100-111

  10. Bone Age Studies in a Selected Group of Leeds Boys

    • John M. H. Buckler
    Pages 112-125

  11. Comparison of Growth of Two Cohorts of Schoolboys in Different Settings

    • John M. H. Buckler
    Pages 126-144

  12. Prediction of Ultimate Stature

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    Pages 145-150

  13. Urinary Gonadotrophins

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    Pages 151-158

  14. Comparison of Growth Characteristics of Children of Differing Degrees of Fatness and Differing Weight/Height Relationships

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    Pages 159-196

  15. Growth Characteristics of Early and Late Developers

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    Pages 197-224

  16. Comparisons with Other Studies

    • John M. H. Buckler
    Pages 225-253

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 255-433
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A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Growth reports the findings of a longitudinal study of the growth of 200 schoolboys and 100 schoolgirls through the course of adolescence. As well as height and weight, about a dozen other physical measures were studied or related to each other and to the staging of sexual characteristics. These values are analysed according to both the chronological age and age based on a common pubertal characteristic of peak height velocity. The range of magnitude and timing of pubertal events is described and compared for boys and girls. These recent data are compared with previous European and North American longitudinal studies, notably those of Tanner conducted over 20 years ago. In addition new information is provided which contrasts growth of two large cohorts of boys in different geographical and social settings, and compares the growth patterns of thin and exogenously obese subjects and of early and later maturers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Clarendon Wing, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds, UK

    John M. H. Buckler

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