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) ...

A possible epigenetic link between the environment and pubertal timing has been discovered by researchers. To a large extent, pubertal timing is heritable, but the underlying genetic causes are still ...

Subsequent pubertal progression does not seem to be affected by transient thelarche in girls, study data show. Using newly developed and validated puberty nomograms, transient thelarche appears to be ...

Pubertal development has been associated with adverse outcomes throughout adolescence and adulthood. However, much of the previous literature has categorized outcome variables and pubertal timing ...

Few topics provoke as much concern as the perception that puberty is beginning earlier than ever. While synthetic ...

Faces are as unique as fingerprints and can reveal a great deal of information about our health, personalities, age, and feelings. Researchers recently discovered adolescents begin to view faces ...

Tanner stages track five milestone physical changes during puberty for both boys and girls. Early puberty in females starts before age 8, and before age 9 in males. Delayed puberty is when girls don't ...

Obese boys tended to lag behind boys of normal weight in their pubertal development, according to a large, community-based, racially diverse study. Based on data gathered from 2005-2010, each boy was ...

A recent article in Nature, “Girls are starting puberty younger—why, and what are the risks?”, highlights a trend that has increasingly drawn the attention of scientists and clinicians: Girls are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transgender adolescents treated with gender-affirming hormone therapy early in puberty experience bone ...