'Why so Young?' Early Development Is the New Normal. Could Lifestyle Stresses, Hormones in Food, Obesity or Environmental Factors Be Pushing Girls Into Puberty at an Earlier Age?
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. › January 27, 2008
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At 8 or 9 years old, the typical American schoolgirl is perfecting her cursive handwriting style. She's picking out nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in sentences, memorizing multiplication tables and learning to read a thermometer.
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'Why so Young?' Early Development Is the New Normal. Could Lifestyle Stresses, Hormones in Food, Obesity or Environmental Factors Be Pushing Girls Into Puberty at an Earlier Age?
And yet, in increasing numbers, when girls this age run across the playground in T-shirts, there is undeniable evidence that their bodies are blossoming. The first visible sign of puberty, breast budding, is arriving ever earlier in American girls.
Some parents and activists suspect environmental chemicals. Most pediatricians and endocrinologists say that, though they have suspicions about the environment, the only scientific evidence points to the obesity epidemic. What's clear, however, is ...See the full content of this document
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