The health risks of maturing early

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3. I always felt like young girls today look older/more mature than I did at their age...

...puberty seems to be coming earlier for increasing numbers of girls across the globe. While the average age of puberty onset, defined by breast development, for US girls was almost 12 years old in the 1970s, it fell to nine years by 2011. One study found that 18% of white, 43% of black non-Hispanic and 31% of Hispanic girls hit puberty by their ninth birthday. Researchers are still analysing the reasons.

IMO, it's no wonder, with all the GMOs and hormones being pumped into so much of what we eat and drink.

Really interesting article. Thanks for posting.