Earlier Mother's Age at Menarche Predicts Rapid Infancy Growth and Childhood Obesity

• Ken K Ong ,

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ken.ong@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk

  Affiliations Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom , Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Kate Northstone,

  Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Jonathan CK Wells,

  Affiliation Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

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• Carol Rubin,

  Affiliation National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America

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• Andy R Ness,

  Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Jean Golding,

  Affiliation Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

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• David B Dunger

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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