Research shows that many girls are in elementary school when they have their first period. But often they have not received adequate health education.
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Most affected women won’t be aware of the condition until puberty, when their first period never comes.
The panic about British children reaching puberty younger is unwarranted. Medieval skeletons provide a different answer.
Be it because of concerns over big femcare, landfill, cost, toxic ingredients or toxic shock syndrome, some menstruators seek solutions outside of the Kotex box. These are those choices.
Girls who have their first period at a young age are more likely to experience poorer health as a adult, including an elevated risk of diabetes during pregnancy.
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Associate Professor in Bioarchaeoloy, University of Reading
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Professor of Life Course Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Preconception Health and Care, University of Southampton
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Senior Research Officer, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health