According to a survey conducted across 100 centres in India, girls and boys are hitting puberty much earlier than before. More than 80 per cent of urban Indian girls hit puberty at the age of 11than the average age of 13.
Girls are hitting puberty earlier than ever, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. CNN's Judy Fortin looks at the reasons.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/why-american-girls-hit-puberty-early/56154-17.html
Nepal SC has ordered an inquiry into if worshipping a virgin girl as a living goddess violates child rights.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/nepal-inquiry-into-living-goddess-ritual/25279-2.html
A six-year-old boy has all the traits of an adult—moustache, beard and muscle power to lift a person weighing 70 kg.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/at-six-hes-a-child-no-more/13954-13.html
Girls who are obese during early puberty have an increased risk of developing abnormally high levels of androgens.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/obese-girls-may-get-male-traits-study/12147-11.html
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