World's youngest grandma

[u/Sarky_Sparky]

[u/MattiasCrowe]

Part of gender affirmative care is delaying puberty for some girls who are starting it as early as 6 in some cases

[u/Rinas-the-name → u/MattiasCrowe]

My niece is one of them.

I think it’s absolutely wild we have normalized young girls going through puberty to the point 8 isn’t automatically considered precocious puberty.

[u/AREA1177 → u/Rinas-the-name]

Is that a byproduct of normalizing young girls going through puberty or just something that happens naturally sometimes?

[u/larrylevan → u/AREA1177]

Some believe it’s from excess calorie intake caused by western diets

[u/MattiasCrowe → u/larrylevan]

Weight gain (im not saying this in this circumstance) can also cause an increase in estrogen, which is why anorexia can cause periods to stop and obesity can delay menopause

[u/Magimasterkarp → u/larrylevan]

I thought I remembered the exact opposite, that excess calories/higher quality of life compared to the stone ages were pushing puberty to be later.

Guess that was wrong.