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POSTED September 4, 2011 - 13:05 | POSTED BY Jyoti Pal

Faster progress through puberty linked to behavioral issues

The manner in which puberty unfolds for a child has a direct bearing on his or her behavior as an adult, researchers discover.

Adolescents who hit puberty at and early age and race through it at a seemingly faster pace are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression vis-à-vis counterparts who go through a slow transform

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POSTED August 22, 2011 - 16:02 | POSTED BY Neelam Goswami

Like girls, boys too starting to hit puberty early -- study

Like girls, boys may be attaining puberty earlier than ever, a new study has revealed. The study estimates that boys have been maturing physically about 2.5 months earlier per decade since at least the 1700s.

Several previous studies have established that girls have long been growing up faster than they once did.

POSTED December 9, 2010 - 16:25 | POSTED BY neha gupta

Boys reaching puberty a year earlier than their fathers--study

Boys are reaching puberty a year earlier than their past generation, according to a study conducted by researchers from Cedars Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles.

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The study confirmed that young boys today are hitting maturity quite earlier than their fathers did.

It condemns the popular belief that the trend of reaching puberty earlier is confined only to girls.

"Studies done several decades ago in the same population reported that a leap forward in sexual development occurs at ages 13 through 16," said Fnu Deepinder, who led the study, in an email to Reuters Health.

"However, our study indicated that this spurt takes place between 12 and 15 years old," he added.

The study

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