Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kids with ovaries go through distinct physical changes during puberty. Discover the stages of puberty for girls and how parents ...

Puberty is not a singular process, so girls’ feelings about each change will not be uniform. Parents can celebrate changes their daughters are excited about while also making space for negative ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the U.S. in March 2020, life came to a standstill and millions of people experienced drastic changes in their lifestyles. For adolescents, this meant ...

Four leading medical societies have jointly published a female life stage framework that anchors cardiovascular prevention to ...

But the process of growing up continued—including puberty. This had Kathleen McCormick, a doctoral candidate in psychology studying reproductive transitions, wondering about how adolescents were ...

A girl's genetics can indirectly influence the age when she has her first period, by accelerating her weight gain in childhood, a new study finds. A number of other genes also can directly affect the ...

Group chats are buzzing, parents are anxious and children are confused. Everyone is wondering if girls are really hitting puberty younger than ever. The headlines warn of a crisis, but the truth is ...

Unique Danish longitudinal study with over 136,000 measurements reveals the connection between pubertal development and weight throughout adolescence. Girls who enter puberty early have a higher risk ...

Ruling Our eXperiences’s (ROX) Girls’ Index compiles data taken from a survey of tens of thousands of girls in schools across the country. For the 2023 Girls’ Index, declines in confidence and ...

Girls who enter puberty early have a higher risk of developing overweight later in life—even if they were not overweight as children. This is shown by a new study from Aarhus University, which has ...

The rise of misinformation aimed at young girls across digital underscores an urgent need for credible resources, empowering products, and emotionally safe communities. Today’s teen girls are ...