Science news articles about 'early onset of puberty'

A high-fat diet during pregnancy and nursing may lead to the child having an early onset of puberty and subsequent adulthood obesity, according to a new animal study. The results were presented Monday ...

... of soy-based foods can cause irreversible changes in the structure of the brain, resulting in early-onset puberty and symptoms of advanced menopause in research animals, according to a new study by ...

... their first four days of life experienced early onset of puberty. Female rats exposed to 50 milligrams per ... dose, 50 µg /kg, resulted in early onset of puberty in the rats, exposure to higher dose had ...

... other primates, human babies are weaned quite early, yet take a very long time to ... slower childhood growth in general. Many also show early onset of puberty, which often marks a point at which children ...