Posted on 08/09/2010 11:26:00 AM PDT by Ben Mugged
A US study shows that almost one in four black girls and one in 10 white girls had developed breasts by the age of seven.
The findings are the latest in a string of studies showing that girls in the US are reaching puberty sooner, with implications both for the social and emotional wellbeing of girls as well as for their physical health in later life. Early maturation has been shown to cause low self-esteem and doubts about body image, as well as greater rates of eating problems, depression and attempted suicide.
It is linked to earlier sexual experiences, and later on carries greater risks of breast cancer.
The researchers found that at the age of seven 23.4% of black girls, 14.9% of Hispanics and 10.4% of white girls had developed breasts.
At 8 those proportions had risen further to 42.9%, 30.9% and 18.3% respectively.
A similar survey completed in 1997 found the proportion of white girls who had developed breasts by seven was 5% half of what it is today.
The proportion of black girls in that bracket has also shot up in the past decade, from 15% in 1997 to 23% today.
Studies have shown that in the 1700s girls began menstruation on average at about age 17-18, though that might be as much to do with widespread malnutrition as with other factors.
Experts point to several possible causes of the declining age of puberty.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Our kids do weigh more; however, they are also eating so many chemicals in processed foods and growth hormone in meat/milk. I started to really, really read food labels/ingredients lately and soy is used in so much of it. Have a loaf of bread handy? Read the label. Chances are soy is in it and most of what is in your pantry. Just a thought
Aren’t most of the baby formulas made with soy?
Highest rates of early puberty among those who receive WIC.
Here’s a good article from those who support breast feeding. Ironic, eh?
http://www.breastfeeding.com/reading_room/what_should_know_formula.html
Diet and exercise...body fat is the most likely explanation.
Racist study. Everybody knows there is no physical difference between British African-Americans and crackers, aside from the color of their skin.
I remember when I learned about the birds and the bees. My first thought was, “That means MOM AND DAD did it! And I’ve got a brother! That means they DID IT TWICE!”
My mistake. After further review I now find the girls are American African-Americans and crackers and only the messenger is British. Other than that, I’ll stand behind my original politically correct post.
Me too!!! LOL
I am not a bio-scientist and have no proof of my guess - but I think our media culture where kids are getting exposed to all forms of sexuality, both through media and even in the class rooms, is probably helping them mature sexually prematurely. Afterall, all growth is controlled by the amount of hormones, and chemicals generated inside the body, which is probably related to thoughts generated inside the mind.
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I was thinking along the same lines...makes sense.
Just playing devil’s advocate here, but by that logic, since she can’t fix something as complicated as obesity in two years, should Obama be able to fix the economy?
I believe that it is the artificial hormones in milk that is causing this epidemic of early puberty.
Switch to organic milk and these cases of early puberty will go away.
At least you believed them when they told you how they “did it.” I thought they were all pulling my leg, that they were all as crazy as June bugs and I flat-out told them so. “You’re CRAZY! Nobody would do THAT!” I said...LOL
Ah, innocence...
Regards,
“What about lactose-intolerant babies?”
To their own mother’s milk? And lactose intolerance is mostly the result of pasteurization - kills all the enzymes, including lactase, which enables our bodies to digest lactose. Goat’s milk, not pasteurized, is also usually tolerated.
Avoid the crap they pawn off as substitutes for babies. All generally bad, especially the soy based products.
I’ve known of several babies that can’t tolerate their own mothers milk.
FWIW although about 50% of my genes are Southern European, the rest are mostly Northern European...
I remember as a horny young teen watching gymnasts and thinking “she’s cute but has no b**bs at all...”
That explains it...
Interesting. I wonder if there is some sort of way to do a case study.
Those artificial hormones are identical to the hormones the cow produces naturally. This fact isn't even relevant since bovine growth hormones can't interface with human hormone receptors. These hormones are specific to cows only.
Switch to organic milk and these cases of early puberty will go away.
Organic milk contains the same bovine hormones as non-organic milk. The early onset of puberty is being caused by an increase in average body weight. It has nothing to do with milk, organic or otherwise.
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