Psychosocial menstrual disorders: stress, exercise and diet's effect on the menstrual cycle.
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.
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Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
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
D004967:Estrogens