| Description |
xii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Women in culture and society
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Women in culture and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index. |
| Contents |
Female body fat : celebrating the difference -- Too little and too much body fat -- Female adolescence : puberty and growing up -- Eggs, sperm, "female testes," and other fancies and facts about the reproductive system -- Historical guesses : what hastened or slowed menarche? -- Predicting menarche : critical fatness -- Pubertal body fat- sex fat? : a neat mechanism for reproductive success -- Physical activity and too little fat : ballet dancers, swimmers, runners, and other athletes -- Exercise and lower risk of breast cancer : the alumnae health study -- Leptin : a new hormone made by body fat -- Population, food intake, and fertility : old and new perspectives -- Fatness, fertility, and the body mass index : finding your "desirable weight". |
| Subject |
Fertility, Human.
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Fertility, Human. |
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Infertility, Female.
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Infertility, Female. |
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Body composition.
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Body composition. |
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Human reproduction.
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Human reproduction. |
| ISBN |
0226265455 cloth alkaline paper |
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