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Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 192-194 (February 2007)


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Tall Women’s Satisfaction with their Height: General Population Data Challenge Assumptions behind Medical Interventions to Stunt Girls’ Growth

Janet Lever, Ph.D.a, David A. Frederick, M.A.bcdCorresponding Author Informationemail address, Kelsey Laird, B.A.b, Leila Sadeghi-Azar, B.A.b

Received 30 June 2006; accepted 5 September 2006. published online 27 October 2006.

Abstract 

One-third of American pediatric endocrinologists offer growth-suppression treatments for tall girls despite serious medical risks and little or no evidence of benefit to psychosocial functioning. A survey of 59,632 adults shows that most tall women are satisfied with their height, which raises questions about the continued use of growth-suppression treatments.

a Department of Sociology, California State University, Los Angeles, California

b Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

c FPR-UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Development, Los Angeles, California

d UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture, Los Angeles, California

Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. David A. Frederick, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563.

PII: S1054-139X(06)00333-8

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.004


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