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. 1959 Jun 12;129(3363):1615-6.
doi: 10.1126/science.129.3363.1615.

Fat changes during adolescence

S M GARN, J A HASKELL

Fat changes during adolescence

S M GARN et al. Science. .

Abstract

Lower thoracic fat, as measured on serial chest plates of 259 children in Ohio, increased in girls, between ages 6.5 and 14.5 years and, in boys, between ages 6.5 and 11.5 years. No evidence for a marked loss of "baby" fat in adolescence or for "waves" of fattening around the time of puberty was found.

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