Healthy Weight Journal May/June 1999 Vol. 13 #3 www.healthyweight.net Normal Weight Gain in Growing Children By Robert Malina, PhD Height and weight (body mass) are the two body dimensions most commonly used to monitor the growth of children and adolescents.hey occur, on average, several months after the period of peak height velocity. During the interval of maximum growth in height (about 11-13 years in girls and 13-15 years in boys) girls gain about 7 kg (15 pounds) in fat-free mass, boys gain double this value, about 14 kg (31 pounds).
A frustrated woman is standing on the scale. Photo Credit RyanKing999/iStock/Getty Images. According to the Body Type system, founded by Dr. Eliot Abravanel, the term adrenal body type refers to those people whose metabolic system is dominated by the adrenal glands and the hormones they produce.
Nonfunctional adrenal masses are space-occupying lesions of the adrenal glands that have no hormonal activity. Symptoms, signs, and treatment depend on the nature and size of the mass. The most common nonfunctioning adrenal mass in adults is an adenoma (50%), followed by carcinomas and metastatic tumors. Cysts and lipomas make up most of the remainder. However, the precise proportions depend on the clinical presentation.