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Reaching puberty early: environmental factors are putting Black girls at risk.(FEATURE)
JUST AFTER MY DAUGHTER TURNED 7, she came to me and nervously announced that she had bumps on her chest. I felt beneath her nipples, and, indeed, there were prominent, hard lumps. A friend had gone through this with her 7-year-old, so my first fleeting panic about cancer was replaced by the alarming realization that my little girl was developing breasts. I made an appointment with our family doctor, but it was two weeks off.
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In the meantime, I googled "premature puberty" and discovered the literature on environmental causes of early puberty. I also found that family history, prenatal and early postnatal exposures were key. I had ...
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- Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients Klotter, Jule January 1, 2002 700+ words
...age for onset of menstruation among black girls (12.16 years) was four months earlier...environmental estrogens may be a factor in early puberty nutrition and genetics are also factors...results maybe distorted if con cern about early puberty was the reason that many of the girls...
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- Magazine article from: Network (Winnipeg) O'Grady, Kathleen September 22, 2008 700+ words
...meta-analysis of the existing data on early puberty in girls. She carefully traces the...at an average age of 12.6 years and black girls at 12.1 years, while Mexican American...average age of breast budding for black girls in the United States is just under 9...
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- Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives Dooley, Erin E. October 1, 2007 700+ words
...with age 16. Other possible effects of early puberty include depression, anxiety, and eating...but the effect is greatest in overweight black girls. At age 10, three times as many black girls as white girls have begun menstruating...
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- Magazine article from: Science News Sternberg, Steve May 3, 1997 700+ words
...sexually earlier than expected, with black girls entering puberty well ahead of white...puberty begins, on average, at age 9 for black girls and at age 10 for white girls. For...starts much earlier. Three percent of black girls and 1 percent of white girls begin to...
- Girl, you'll be a woman soon - Kids need help coping with early puberty.
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Lasalandra, Michael April 13, 1997 700+ words
...puberty earlier than commonly believed, with nearly half of black girls and 15 percent of white girls beginning to develop by age...study also found that the changes generally come earlier for black girls. Dr. Norman Spack, a pediatric endocrinologist at Children...
- Precocious puberty (early puberty) in boys.(Causes and...
- Clinical Reference Systems Maniatis, Aristides January 1, 2006 700+ words
...Precocious puberty is another term for early puberty. In boys puberty is considered early...may become a problem for a child. Early puberty can have an effect on your son's...there is no apparent cause. Sometimes early puberty runs in the family or there may be...
- Early puberty stunts Chinese urban children's growth: experts.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. October 3, 2007 700+ words
Early puberty stunts Chinese urban children's...medical experts say. Children with early puberty will not grow to normal height because...growing. Doctors consider it a case of early puberty if a girl shows Development of secondary...
- Precocious puberty (early puberty) in girls.(Causes and...
- Clinical Reference Systems Simmons, Jill January 1, 2006 700+ words
...Precocious puberty is another term for early puberty. In girls, puberty is considered...may become a problem for a child. Early puberty can have an effect on your daughter...Usually, there is no apparent cause. Early puberty sometimes runs in the family. How...
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