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Girls with early first periods become women with greater risk of gestational diabetes

  • Written by Danielle Schoenaker, PhD Candidate and Research Officer, The University of Queensland
imageIn Western societies, average age of first period has dropped from 17 to 13 years over the past century. justanotherhuman/flickr , CC BY-NC-SA

As a young girl, getting your period for the first time is a big deal. It comes with mental and social expectations around “becoming a woman” and a host of cultural practices that act to...

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