US girls got their first periods increasingly earlier over the last 50 years, new study finds
US girls got their first periods increasingly earlier over the last 50 years, new study finds
Trend is especially pronounced among Black, Hispanic and Asian participants, and those who report lower socioeconomic status
Trend is especially pronounced among Black, Hispanic and Asian participants, and those who report lower socioeconomic status
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Plastic
Or better nutrition. Hmm, what's the real reason behind acceleration. Who knows, right?
Good thing they're banning puberty blockers!
It's not talked about, but little girls who are getting their periods at nine years old probably should be given puberty blockers, at least for two maybe three years. Of course, I say this flippantly without having performed research into the long-term impacts of being on puberty blockers for one or two years and then going off of them.
It's a miserable thing to experience menstruation years before your peers do.