Greater adherence to a Mediterranean-like diet is associated with later breast development and menarche in peripubertal girls.
CONCLUSIONS: Consuming a Mediterranean-like diet may be associated with older age at thelarche and menarche. Further research is necessary to confirm our findings in other US paediatric populations and elucidate the mechanism through which Mediterranean-like diet may influence puberty timing.
PMID: 31439055 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Public Health Nutrition - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Szamreta EA, Qin B, Rivera-Núñez Z, Parekh N, Barrett ES, Ferrante J, Lin Y, Bandera EV Tags: Public Health Nutr Source Type: research
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