Ten-year-olds developing adult bodies, eight-year-olds needing training bras, and seven-year-olds starting their periods – these scenarios that would have been shocking medical anomalies just a ...

Worried about early puberty in your child? Child nutritionist Sanchita Daswani explains that milk isn't the sole culprit.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The age when girls hit puberty has been falling at an alarming rate for decades, and scientists have struggled to explain why. New ...

A recent study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology suggests that growing up in financially disadvantaged households or neighborhoods tends to be linked to an earlier onset of ...

Sweeteners can crop up in everything from squash and fizzy drinks to desserts, sweets and even ready meals – and a new study warns they could be increasing the risk of early puberty in children. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers tracked infant diets and development to see how infant feeding was associated with early puberty onset in a large ...

July 14 (UPI) --Sugar and artificial sweeteners might increase the risk of early puberty in children, a new study says. Sugar, aspartame (Equal), sucralose (Splenda) and glycyrrhizin (licorice root) ...

Sweetener intake, including aspartame and sucralose, was associated with an increased risk for early puberty in children, particularly in those who were genetically predisposed. Sex-specific effects ...

Unique Danish longitudinal study with over 136,000 measurements reveals the connection between pubertal development and weight throughout adolescence. Girls who enter puberty early have a higher risk ...

FARGO - The perils of puberty start with the pituitary. The brain makes a hormone that causes the pituitary gland to release two more hormones, which then produce the sex hormones that initiate ...

The age when girls hit puberty has been falling at an alarming rate for decades, and scientists have struggled to explain why. New research suggests a compound found in a wide variety of products — ...