Girls are developing breasts at younger and younger ages, a new study confirms. And upward trends in childhood obesity seem to be playing a major role.
Researchers found African American girls started getting breasts just before they turned nine, on average. Among white girls the average age was about nine and a half - a few months earlier than in the 1990s.
The findings "confirm an ongoing downward trend in pubertal timing among U.S. girls," said Dr. Anders Juul.
"It's been worrying for the U.S. as well as the rest of the world," Juul said. He heads the Department of Growth and Reproduction at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark, and wasn't involved in the new report. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_142210.html
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