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Puberty is the process of physical changes through which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction. ... from boy to man.
Puberty is a huge transition for boys — I know since I’ve been through it myself. It’s an intense, confusing roller coaster of emotions and physical changes. Those growth spurts, voices ...
Among researchers who study puberty, the Tanner scale is commonly considered the "gold standard" for assessing pubertal status when it is conducted by a trained medical examiner. [5] In HIV treatment, the Tanner scale is used to determine which regimen to follow for pediatric or adolescent patients on antiretroviral therapy (adult, adolescent ...
Puberty onset before the age of 9 in males is considered medically abnormal, and is defined as precocious puberty; Research on both organic and ideopathic precocious puberty in males has described puberty onset as early as nine months old, [11] [12] as semenarche has a wide range of onset within puberty (with some research indicating spermatogenesis in some cases in early pubertal development ...
Research has showed that the average age of starting puberty continues to drop over time: One study published in 2020 shows that the average starting age of puberty for girls has decreased by ...
Cara Natterson, MD, had a few different motivations for her new book Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons. For one thing, as a pediatrician and author of other books ...
African-American girls are especially prone to early puberty. [18] Though boys face fewer problems from early puberty than girls do, early puberty is not always positive for boys. Early sexual maturation in boys can be accompanied by increased aggressiveness due to the surge of pubertal hormones. [57]
Starting puberty significantly early — younger than age 8 in girls, 9 in boys — may have health effects lasting into adulthood, including higher risks of breast cancer, diabetes and heart disease.