Over the last 55 years, young girls in the US have been getting their first periods earlier and earlier.
Nowadays, the average age is roughly 12. Some girls may menstruate as early as 8, according to Healthline.
Now, fresh research presented Sunday at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in San Francisco suggests the day of the blessed event could be influenced by an unlikely source: paw-paw.
“Girls are starting puberty earlier than ever before, which can raise their risk for health problems later in life,” Xin Hu of Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta said in a statement.
