{"id":7039,"date":"2024-05-30T15:34:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T15:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=7039"},"modified":"2024-05-30T16:26:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:26:11","slug":"girls-are-starting-their-periods-earlier-heres-why-that-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=7039","title":{"rendered":"Girls Are Starting Their Periods Earlier. Here\u2019s Why That Matters."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Researchers have linked early menstruation to an increased risk of health problems later in life.<\/p>\n

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A new study, published Wednesday<\/a>, found that girls are starting their menstrual cycles earlier now than in previous decades. The trend is more pronounced for girls from minority groups and those from lower-income backgrounds.<\/p>\n

The findings add to growing evidence suggesting that some girls around the world are hitting puberty earlier<\/a> in life \u2014 a shift that researchers say is associated with negative health outcomes later in life but one that still can\u2019t be fully explained. Several studies have consistently found that the decline in age seems to be steepest among racial minority groups<\/a>, girls from lower socioeconomic groups<\/a> and those who have higher B.M.I.s<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn pediatric practice, there\u2019s been kind of a trend toward just assuming that Black girls go through puberty earlier. But what\u2019s going on and how? What are the health outcomes associated with that?\u201d said Dr. Juliana Deardorff, head of the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health program at University of California, Berkeley, who was not involved with the study but reviewed its findings. \u201cWe should be thinking about this, not just normalizing these disparities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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