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Authors
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1 Department of Studies in Food Science and Nutrition, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570006, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 46, No 12 (2009), Pagination: 491-501
Abstract
Adolescence is a unique period in life because it is a time of intense physical, psychosocial and cognitive development. The relatively uniform growth of childhood is suddenly altered by an increase in growth velocity during adolescence there by contributes to more than 20 per cent of total stature and 40-50 per cent of body weight.