Abena Is an Adolescent Girl Who Lives in an Impoverished

question 82

Multiple Choice

Abena is an adolescent girl who lives in an impoverished area of Africa. She has led a life of malnutrition and contracted several infectious diseases in her childhood. She has very little fat stores in her body as a result of her experiences. Based on pubertal timing, when will Abena experience menarche?

• A) very early, about age 9
• B) early, about age 11
• C) average, about age 13
• D) late, about age 15

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