Since 1997, the percentage of 7-year-old white girls who reached pubertal maturation has nearly doubled, according to data from a recent study. As part of the National Institute of Environmental ...

Girls in the U.S. may be continuing to hit puberty at earlier ages, according to new research. The findings suggest earlier development than what was reported in a 1997 study and show a worrying ...

Puberty for white girls began at a median age of 9.7 years%2C earlier than previously reported Puberty for black girls continued to start earlier than for whites%2C ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls in the U.S. may be continuing to hit puberty at earlier ages, according to new research. The findings suggest earlier development than what was reported in a 1997 ...

LOS ANGELES — Doctors and parents were stunned when research published more than a decade ago found American girls were beginning puberty at much younger ages, some as early as 7. A new study released ...

Girls in the U.S. are hitting puberty earlier than ever before – and obesity may be to blame. Even some 7-year-olds and 8-year-olds are developing breasts, according to a study in the journal of ...

Twice as many white girls in the US reach puberty aged 7 as a decade ago. No one is sure why this should be the case, but obesity and exposure to chemicals that mimic the female hormone oestrogen are ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Girls in the United States are hitting puberty at an earlier age with overweight youngsters tending to develop earlier, according to a U.S. study. Cincinnati Children's ...

Responding to a study indicating that puberty can begin as early as age 6, some doctors are re-examining definitions and guidelines for treating girls who previously were considered precocious in ...

Precocious puberty, or early onset puberty, means a boy or girl has started to mature sexually too early. In general, it refers to girls who start to develop sexual characteristics before age 8 and ...

Everyone goes through puberty differently. However, there are puberty stages that usually happen at certain ages in a young person’s development. In this article, we look at the stages of puberty for ...

Girls in the U.S. may be continuing to hit puberty at earlier ages, according to new research. The findings suggest earlier development than what was reported in a 1997 study and show a worrying ...