More girls started puberty before age 8 during the COVID-19 pandemic, a phenomenon called precocious puberty, researchers say.
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Biological Factors Modulate Eating Disorder Risk in Early Adolescents
Genetic and neurobiological factors shape the development of eating disorders much earlier than previously thought, with evidence emerging in children as young as nine years old, Yale-led research reveals.
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Only half of Gen Z and millennial adults plan to start a family, as financial pressures and global anxieties continue to deter young adults from having children, a new survey reveals.
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Today’s school lunches are actually much healthier than what older generations had to eat decades ago. Even so, recent data reveals that as many as one in four U.S. lunches still have poor nutritional quality.
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