title: Weight and skinfold variation at menarche and the critical body weight hypothesis.
abstract: The weight and skinfolds of 36 longitudinally studied British girls were analysed to determine their variability from two years pre-menarche to two years post-menarche. If the critical body weight hypothesis of Frisch and Revelle (1970) is true, a reduction in the variability of these parameters would be expected at menarche compared to times before and after this event. No such reductions in variability were apparent.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008572:Menarche; D012885:Skinfold Thickness