The trend of girls starting their menstrual cycles earlier is more pronounced among minority and lower-income groups, linking to negative health outcomes later in life, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast, and endometrial cancer.
Dr. Juliana Deardorff emphasizes the importance of not normalizing disparities in girls' pubertal age and associated health outcomes, cautioning against assumptions and calling for more research into the reasons behind these trends.
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