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American girls are now reaching puberty as young as SIX in phenomenon scientists think may be linked to childhood obesity, chemicals in plastic and stress

Author:     MANSUR SHAHEEN
Source:     Daily Mail (U.K.)
Publication Date:     19 May 2022 | 17:44 EDT
 Link: American girls are now reaching puberty as young as SIX in phenomenon scientists think may be linked to childhood obesity, chemicals in plastic and stress
Stephan:   Do you think it is possible Americans will wake up to how sick our culture has become, and how desperately we need to take stock of ourselves? Our values are inconsistent with our wellbeing as this story illustrates so strongly. Our pollution, eating habits; our racism, and hate must be faced and healed. We must reconfigure our society on the basis of fostering wellbeing for everyone regardless of race, gender, or finances.
Young girls are having puberty at earlier ages, with the average age dropping down to ten years old in the U.S., with experts unable to pin down an exact reason Credit: Getty
  • The age that many young girls in America are going through puberty has dropped in recent years, and experts can not nail down a cause
  • One potential reason is the prevalence of obesity among American children, with one in five being an unhealthy weight
  • Some also believe that chemicals that help strengthen the durability of plastic could also be triggers
  • Stress has long believed to be a trigger for early puberty as well, and researchers note that early puberties increased across the world during the pandemic 

Young girls in America are experiencing puberty at an earlier age than biologists would particularly expect with the average age falling to ten, with black girls undergoing the process a year earlier than their peers on average, experts warn.

The phenomena was first detected by Dr Marcia Herman-Giddens, a public health expert at the University of North Carolina, when she began to gather data on more […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 11:15 am

    The Pandemic has caused a lot of stress for everyone, and I also believe it may be a factor, not just in the early puberty but in everything and everyone else including adults as well as the young.