Tuesday, September 14, 2010

The Little Girl and the Bra – A Cancer Tale

The Little Girl and the Bra - A Cancer Tale

How long is a girl a child? She is a child, and then one morning you wake up she’s a woman, and a dozen different people of whom you recognize none. — Louis L’Amour

Almost 1 in 4 black girls and 1 in 10 white girls had developed breasts by the age of seven, says a US study, published in the journal Pediatrics.

The findings are the latest in a string of studies showing that girls in the US are reaching puberty sooner. Early maturation has been linked to earlier sexual experiences, and later on carries greater risks of breast cancer, as well as greater rates of eating problems.

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