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Poor kids hit puberty sooner and risk a lifetime of health problems

  • Written by Ying Sun, Associate Professor and Visiting Academic, Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
imageIt can be a tough time for children going through the physical and emotional changes of puberty. And if they enter puberty early, the health impacts can stay with them for life.from www.shutterstock.com

Shape-shifting bodies. Cracking voices. Hairs sprouting in new places. Puberty marks a dramatic period of change for young people. Now new research...

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