title: Psychosocial menstrual disorders: stress, exercise and diet's effect on the menstrual cycle.
abstract: Diet, exercise and stress are widely acknowledged to affect the timing and course of pubertal development and menstrual cyclicity in girls. However, the mechanisms by which this occurs and the long-term effects of such alterations are incompletely understood. Several recent reports which contribute to our understanding of normal events and alterations from normal are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Carpenter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications; D015519:Bone Density; D002648:Child; D004032:Diet; D004967:Estrogens / Q000172:deficiency; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008599:Menstruation Disturbances / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011627:Puberty / Q000502:physiology; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens