Childhood obesity triggers early puberty - study
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Childhood obesity in the United States  appears to be causing girls to reach puberty at an earlier age,  for reasons that are not clear, a study said on Monday.
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Children who are malnourished in their first few years of life are more likely to be aggressive and antisocial throughout childhood and into their late teens, says a University of Southern California study.
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Obese men often experience a sharp  decline in testosterone levels while obese girls show much  higher levels of the sex hormone than girls of normal weight,  according to scientific research released on Monday.
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The way a girl grows during her early years may influence her risk of breast cancer, research suggests.
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Science & environment: US study finds that a child's risk of becoming overweight is mostly down to nature, not nurture
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children and those at risk for obesity show early signs of heart disease -- similar to that seen in obese adults, U.S. researchers say.
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NEW YORK -- A new, large study suggests that treating women who develop diabetes during pregnancy greatly reduces the chances that their baby will become obese during childhood.
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NEW YORK  - Weight loss appears to improve  egg release in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome  (PCOS), a disease involving enlargement of the ovaries often  associated with obesity, menstrual problems, and infertility,  new research shows. This could increase their chances of  becoming pregnant.
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Research from Australia in this week&#39;s issue of THE LANCET (p 1513) suggests that tall girls given oestrogen therapy in adolescence to reduce adult height are more likely to experience later fertility problems than the general population.
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That could be your child, if you have an overweight little boy or girl. According to a study conducted in Naples, Italy on 147 children between ages six and 14, overweight children had higher insulin resistance
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NEW YORK  - Teenagers who are either underweight or obese are likely to have fewer children in adulthood, a study has found.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- Rates of overweight among young children in low-income U.S. families increased between 1989 and 2000, says a study in the December issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
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NEW YORK  - Children's tendency to become   overweight might have something to do with how their mothers   urge them to eat, a new study hints.
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Girls who are overweight as toddlers risk reaching puberty as early as nine years old, a study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Children who are overweight  appear to be at increased risk of cancer later in life,  according to an analysis of British records.
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(HealthDay News) -- In girls, puberty typically happens somewhere around age 11; for boys, somewhere around age 12. Puberty causes various hormonal changes in youngsters that can be difficult for them to deal with.
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Obesity in adolescence is  associated with reduced heart function and excessive cardiac  mass, according to a new study.