Study: Girls and boys hitting puberty earlier

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Aren't well it's not just girls who are developing at younger ages now there was a recent study.

They found that boys are entering puberty earlier than in generations past -- -- -- -- why is this significant.

This is important because for a long time we we thought the girls are actually getting -- going into puberty early on this same team coming from chapel in North Carolina actually.

Now they had it landmarks -- -- 97 now they're finding out that even boys -- normally goes through puberty at the age of eleven.

Now they're going six months to two years earlier.

-- -- your question is the parents need to be aware of this because some of these changes that happens either.

That physical or the sexual developmental changes that's going on -- these boys.

Gay parents seemed to be -- and have a good discussion.

Found -- -- is a lot easier to detected because they would get third of the menstrual cycles etc.

we boys.

We never knew exactly what goes on so now what they have done is to have looked at over 4000 -- they follow them for a long period.

And they really tested them and now we're finding out that that process happens spare the air and I think that big message to the parents -- Pay attention to the -- -- and make sure that you follow them and when that happens you would be prepared so you can having intelligent conversation -- your children.

Will save what you should tell them may be for another time but I -- insert telltale sign when a young boy is entering puberty and then wealth.

Course secondary sexual characteristics they get a deeper voice they grow hair.

They're testing size increases all of this but what's really fascinating is we don't actually know why this is happening with the girls we think it's obesity that's a large part of the reason -- -- As people gain weight they make more estrogen.

With the boys we don't know why this is happening and it could have something to do with -- lifestyle could have something to do with hormones.

But -- -- saying you know what the conversation has -- now occur earlier in the conversation.

Where you sit down with your child because the problem is.

That if the physical doesn't match the emotional.

Study showed with the girls that it led to increase risk of depression self esteem problems.

We're gonna see the same thing with boys this is a great study because it brings us to be alert that it isn't just girls it's also boards we got to get in there earlier its parent.

This is very important because the terminology that we use actually urology was just called -- courses punitive does that doesn't determine itself doesn't matter.

But a lot of times early puberty can increase breast cancer in women in in girls.

I'm also a lot of chances of bush to detect user -- having a discussion we -- doctors very critical very important thanking.

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