Puberty’s Monologue
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Jessica P.Posted
Mon 02 Aug 2010 6:26pm
a poem by Lauren Schmidt
At some point in my sleep last night,
three scabbed avatars approached me with a filet
of skin, holding it like a coat, coaxed my slither into it.
My sock-inside-out body-bones and blood,
muscles, tendons, organs, guts-were comfortable
like extreme freezing: so cold the mind’s
confused, misfires burnin ...
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Childhood Obesity Linked to Early Puberty
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Linda MacDonald GlennPosted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:27pm1 Comment
A new study is suggesting that the rapid rise in female early-onset puberty has to do with the BMI and amount of body fat in toddlers. The study followed 354 girls age 3-12 who were either normal weight, at risk of being overweight, or overweight, and found an association between elevated body weights and the early onset of puberty (determined
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Early puberty: what are the signs?
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Dave WPosted
Fri 18 May 2012 9:38am
Early puberty, also known as ‘precocious’ puberty is defined as the physical changes associated with puberty starting before the age of eight years in a girl and nine years in a boy. How can you know if your child has started undertaking these changes, what are the signs, and can anythi ...
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Menopause: Puberty to The Tenth Power
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Lynette SheppardPosted
Thu 14 May 2009 4:35pm
that there are depths to some of the unfairness that need to be plumbed. One of the deep injustices of particular concern to us has to be the difference between puberty and menopause. Not only are the physical, emotional, and mental changes that occur during menopause akin to puberty squared (or maybe puberty to the tenth power), but the amount of external support
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Early Puberty
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Matt M.Posted
Mon 09 Aug 2010 4:05pm
I saw in the newspaper where kids are hitting puberty at earlier ages. The article mentions a few things like obesity as being the cause. The real cause is nutrition via... not enter puberty early. The bigger problem is that hitting puberty early also predisposes a person to various cancers.
Luckily, there is a simple solution to all this: make sure
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In Young Girls, Obesity Linked to Early Puberty, Analysis Reveals
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Medline PlusPosted
Wed 28 Jul 2010 1:00pm
, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is associated with early puberty in young girls, according to a researcher who analyzed more than 100 reports on the issue.
Some experts have concluded that early puberty increases the risk for metabolic syndrome and diabetes, but these diseases are linked to obesity, not early puberty, according to review author
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Obesity is Causing Early Puberty
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LindaPosted
Mon 09 Aug 2010 12:00am
According to a new study, American girls are hitting puberty earlier than ever before and experts agree obesity may be to blame. It’s thought that steadily increasing... started puberty, which was an increase of 11% for white girls from 1997 and the same increase for black girls. The pattern of reaching puberty early is cause for concern as early
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Genes give clue to early puberty
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Healthy SolutionsPosted
Mon 22 Nov 2010 12:28am
BBC News
At least 30 genes appear to play a role in the age at which girls reach puberty, according to an international group of scientists.
The team scanned..., girls as young as 10 are now showing the first signs of puberty.
A specialist said early puberty was linked to an increased risk of female cancers later in life
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Girls Going Through Puberty Earlier
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Tela ..Posted
Wed 11 Aug 2010 9:55am
The belief that American girls are going through puberty earlier and earlier is not a new one. I remember when my twelve year old niece was a toddler, I had this conversation with my sister-in-law. With a new study backing up the idea that indeed our girls are going through puberty earlier, it’s a topic worth discussing again. According
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Menopause: Puberty to The Tenth Power
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Lynette SheppardPosted
Mon 22 Sep 2008 11:25pm
that there are depths to some of the unfairness that need to be plumbed. One of the deep injustices of particular concern to us has to be the difference between puberty and menopause. Not only are the physical, emotional, and mental changes that occur during menopause akin to puberty squared (or maybe puberty to the tenth power), but the amount of external support
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