Due to a significant gender gap, far less is known about the health risks of early or late puberty onset among boys than ...

Despite substantial heritability in pubertal development, children differ in maturational tempo. Hypotheses: (i) puberty and its duration are influenced by early changes in height and adiposity. (ii) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pubertal development may not be expressed solely with puberty onset and termination, as differential secondary ...

Pubertal development encompasses the physical, hormonal and psychosocial transformations that mark the transition from childhood to reproductive maturity. Core processes include gonadarche and ...

A new study suggests that changes in children's sleep patterns that typically occur between the ages of 11 and 12 years are evident before the physical changes associated with the onset of puberty. A ...

A study in Biological Psychiatry has shown that exposure to violence early in life -- such as physical, emotional, or sexual abuse -- is associated with faster biological aging, including pubertal ...

The implications of this work are that pubertal development and its timing should be considered, and potentially targeted, in efforts to improve cardiometabolic health. Experiencing puberty earlier, ...

(Reuters Health) - Girls who go through puberty and develop breasts earlier than peers may have a higher risk of depression as well, a Chinese study suggests. Researchers analyzed data on puberty ...

Ten-year-olds developing adult bodies, eight-year-olds needing training bras, and seven-year-olds starting their periods – these scenarios that would have been shocking medical anomalies just a ...

Children exposed to higher levels of synthetic chemicals in everyday products, such as water-resistant clothes, umbrellas and food packaging, are more likely to mature later during puberty, according ...

An EHU-University of the Basque Country and Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute study has linked certain chemicals measured ...