The age when girls hit puberty has been falling at an alarming rate for decades, and scientists have struggled to explain why. New research suggests a compound found in a wide variety of products — ...

A girl can have up to 14-fold higher risk of early puberty if her genetics line up that way, new research shows. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News A girl's genetics can indirectly influence the age ...

A new study points to a possible factor in the trend of children reaching puberty at younger ages in recent decades. The first-of-its-kind research found that a common chemical, musk ambrette, used to ...

Girls who enter puberty early have a higher risk of developing overweight later in life – even if they were not overweight as children. This is shown by a new study from Aarhus University, which has ...

Exposure to blue light, like that from smartphones or tablets, may accelerate bone growth and bone age, leading to early puberty in rats. This research, presented at the 62nd Annual European Society ...

Sugar and artificial sweeteners might trigger early puberty in some kids Sugar, aspartame, sucralose and glycyrrhizin were associated with early puberty in Taiwanese children Girls and boys responded ...

We may think of our children as our forever babies, but their bodies don’t always tell the same story. “Puberty is starting earlier and lasting longer,” says bestselling author Nancy Redd in an ...

Puberty is a natural phase in a child’s life when their bodies begin to develop into an adult. It is the transitionary stage in life, and the average age to start puberty for girls being 11 and for ...