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Height, age at menarche, body weight and body mass index in life-long vegetarians
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Objective: We investigated whether life-long adherence to a vegetarian diet is associated with adult height, age at menarche, adult body weight and body mass index (BMI), used as indicators of growth, development and obesity, in a large sample of adults. Design: This was a cross-sectional study. Anthropometric data and information on age, ethnicity, education, age at menarche and age at becoming a vegetarian were obtained through a questionnaire. Self-reported height and weight were calibrate...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Cancer Research UK
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Europe Against Cancer Programme of the European Union
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+ Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research
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Rosell, M
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Public Health Nutrition Journal website
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 7
- Pages:
- 870-875
- Publication date:
- 2005-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1475-2727
- ISSN:
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1368-9800
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:4445
- Deposit date:
- 2010-11-16
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- Copyright holder:
- M Rosell, P Appleby & T Key
- Copyright date:
- 2005
- Notes:
- The full-text of this article is not currently available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page. Citation: Rosell, M., Appleby, P. Davey & Key, T. J. (2005). 'Height, age at menarche, body weight and body mass index in life-long vegetarians', Public Health Nutrition 8(7), 870-875. [Available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PHN].
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