RT Book, Section
A1 Charlamb, Jayne R.
A2 Silverman, Robert K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1139757275
T1 Obesity and Breast Development and Function
T2 Obesity Medicine: Management of Obesity in Women's Health Care
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843515
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1139757275
RD 2024/04/19
AB During  preadolescent  childhood,  the  growth  of  the  mammary  gland  is  isometric,  keeping  pace  with  the  general  growth  of  the  child’s  body.1  At  thelarche,  the  onset  of  secondary  breast  development  occurring  at  puberty,  the  female  mammary  gland  undergoes  significant  further  development  of  its  previously  primitive  ductal  and  lobular  structures.  It  is  the  deposition  of  adipose  tissue  within  the  mammary  gland,  however,  that  accounts  for  the  majority  of  the  increase  in  breast  size  associated  with  puberty.2  Body  mass  index  (BMI)  has  been  found  to  relate  to  both  the  timing  of  thelarche  and  the  composition  of  the  adult  female  breast.