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  2. Menarche - Wikipedia

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    Short stature, delayed growth in height and weight, and/or delayed menarche may be the only clinical manifestations of celiac disease, in absence of any other symptoms. [ 19 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] According to a review article, there may also be an association between early age at menarche and breast cancer risk.

  3. Acceleration (human development) - Wikipedia

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    The apparent acceleration of body height occurred during the periods around the two World Wars and after the Great Depression. In the mid-nineteenth century European girls' menarche occurred at the average age of 16.5 years. One hundred years later, this age was reduced to under 12 years. [6] Increase in adult height of birth cohorts (cm/decade ...

  4. Development of the human body - Wikipedia

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    In response to the signals, the gonads produce hormones that stimulate libido and the growth, function, and transformation of the brain, bones, muscle, blood, skin, hair, breasts, and sex organs. Physical growthheight and weight—accelerates in the first half of puberty and is completed when an adult body has been developed. Until the ...

  5. Puberty - Wikipedia

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    Maximal adult height is achieved at an average age of 15 years for an average female and 18 years for an average male. Potential fertility (sometimes termed nubility) usually precedes completion of growth by 1–2 years in females and 3–4 years in males. Stage 5 typically represents maximal gonadal growth and adult hormone levels. [citation ...

  6. Child development stages - Wikipedia

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    Growth is steady though slower than in first two years. Adult height can be predicted from measurements of height at three years of age; males are approximately 53% of their adult height and females, 57%. Legs grow faster than arms. Circumference of head and chest is equal; head size is in better proportion to the body.

  7. Supplement brand TruHeight suggests it can help kids grow ...

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    The doctor will likely go over your child’s growth curve, which tracks height and weight over time, to confirm that your child is in a stable growing pattern. “Even if that growth percentile ...

  8. Child development - Wikipedia

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    The speed of physical growth is rapid in the months after birth, then slows, so birth weight is doubled in the first four months, tripled by 1 year, but not quadrupled until 2 years. [84] Growth then proceeds at a slow rate until a period of rapid growth occurs shortly before puberty (between about 9 and 15 years of age). [85]

  9. Breast development - Wikipedia

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    [69] [76] As both the IGF-1R and the EGFR are independently essential for mammary gland development, and as combined application of IGF-1 and EGF, through their respective receptors, has been found to synergistically stimulate the growth of human breast epithelial cells, these growth factor systems appear to work together in mediating breast ...