Girls are going through puberty earlier than ever - and OBESITY is to blame

Girls are going through puberty earlier and earlier, a new study has found. This is thought to be because of increasing rates of childhood obesity. Girls are going through puberty earlier and earlier, a new study has found. This is thought to be because of increasing rates of childhood obesity.

U.S. researchers have found that white girls start to develop breasts at about nine and a half - a few months earlier than in the 1990s. African American girls, on the other hand, now start to develop breasts just before they turn nine, on average.

The researchers studied data from 1,200 American girls who were enrolled in the study between the ages of six and eight.  At each check-up, experts assessed the girls’ breast development. They found African American girls first show signs of breast development at eight years and 10 months, on average.


Hispanic girls first show signs of breast development at nine years and four months on average, and white and Asian girls at nine years and eight months.

For white girls, they found that puberty is now hitting about four months earlier than in a 1997 study that also measured breast development.

They also discovered that heavier girls tend to start developing breasts at a younger age.

African American girls now start to develop breasts just before they turn nine, on average, while white girls start to develop breasts at about nine and a half. This is a few months earlier than in the 1990s


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