TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frisch,Rose E.
TI  - Female fertility and the body fat connection
SN  - 9780226265452
AV  - RG136 .F755 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Fertility, Human
KW  - Infertility, Female
KW  - Body composition
KW  - Human reproduction
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-185) and index; Machine generated contents note: ONE -- Female Body Fat -- Celebrating the Difference -- 1 -- TWO -- Too Little and Too Much Body Fat -- 14 -- THREE -- Female Adolescence -- Puberty and Growing Up -- 22 -- FOUR -- Eggs, Sperm, "Female Testes," and -- Other Fancies and Facts about the Reproductive System -- 38 -- FIVE -- Historical Guesses -- What Hastened or Slowed Menarche? -- 59 -- SIX -- Predicting Menarche -- Critical Fatness -- 65 -- SEVEN -- Pubertal Body Fat-Sex Fat? -- A Neat Mechanism for Reproductive Success -- 83 -- EIGHT -- Physical Activity and Too Little Fat -- Ballet Dancers, Swimmers, Runners, and Other Athletes -- 93 -- NINE -- Exercise and Lower Risk of Breast Cancer -- The Alumnae Health Study -- 113 -- TEN -- Leptin -- A New Hormone Made by Body Fat -- 137 -- ELEVEN -- Population, Food Intake, and Fertility -- Old and New Perspectives -- 147 -- TWELVE -- Fatness, Fertility, and the Body Mass Index -- Finding Your "Desirable Weight" -- 170 -- Biographical Note 175 -- Glossary 177 -- Suggestions for Further Reading 181 -- Index 187
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