Association of screen exposure/sedentary behavior and precocious puberty/early puberty [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsBackgroundIn recent years, with the development of society, children's daily exposure to screen time has gradually increased. Screen exposure and sedentary behavior have brought a host of harms to children's lives.
Xinyu Wu +12 more
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Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Early Puberty in Girls [PDF]
Children, 2021 In recent decades, pubertal onset in girls has been considered to occur at an earlier age than previously. Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has been associated with alterations in pubertal timing, with several reports suggesting that ...
Anastasios Papadimitriou +1 more
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Overweight/Obesity in Childhood and the Risk of Early Puberty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 PurposeTo determine the relationship between childhood overweight/obesity and early puberty in both boys and girls. Specifically, this is the first time to conduct a meta-analysis of the relationship between childhood overweight/obesity and early puberty
Xuan Zhou +11 more
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Early puberty: a review on its role as a risk factor for metabolic and mental disorders [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsAccumulating evidence indicates that there is a trend of early puberty onset in humans. The early timing of puberty has raised concerns due to its association with significant negative health outcomes.
Yukun Sun +6 more
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Clinical and epidemiological insights into early puberty in Thai girls: a 5-year study [PDF]
Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & MetabolismPurpose There is growing global concern about the shift to earlier onset of puberty among girls; however, the prevalences of precocious and normal variant puberty among Thai girls are uncertain.
Phattariya Yaisilp +2 more
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Breast and Formula Milk and Early Puberty Onset [PDF]
Children, 2023 Nutrients have an enormous impact on many hormonal systems and aspects of health, and nutrition status is a crucial regulator of growth and pubertal development in children and adolescents.
, Hellas Cena, Virginia Rossi
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Association of the consumption of common drinks with early puberty in both sexes [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundWe examined the effect of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) and common drink intake on pubertal development in both sexes.MethodsData were retrieved from Taiwan Children Health Study, which involved detailed pubertal stage assessments of 2,819 ...
Meng-Che Tsai +7 more
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Cranial irradiation and early puberty [PDF]
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1994 Low doses of cranial irradiation (18-24 gray) employed in the management of acute lymphoblastic leukemia may cause early or precocious puberty, predominantly in girls.
Ogilvy-Stuart, A. L. +2 more
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The impact of the Wenchuan earthquake on early puberty: a natural experiment [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background The factors influencing pubertal timing have gained much attention due to a secular trend toward earlier pubertal onset in many countries. However, no studies have investigated the association between the Great earthquake and early puberty. We
Qiguo Lian +8 more
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Precocious and Early Central Puberty in Children With Pre-existing Medical Conditions: A Single Center Study [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2019 Background: Precocious and early puberty are reported findings in children with pre-existing medical conditions including certain syndromes. Series pertaining to such situations are limited.Methods: A retrospective, single-center study was conducted on ...
Sarah Winter +2 more
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