Girls who grow up eating a healthier diet than their peers may be less likely to get their first menstrual periods at an ...

The study published in the JAMA Network Wednesday found that the average age girls born between 2000 and 2005 got their periods was 11.9 years old, which is younger than the average age of 12.5 ...

Girls with healthier diets may be more likely to get their first periods at an older age, according to a new study ... more likely to begin menstruating earlier. The results held up regardless ...

Eating a healthy diet as a child is linked to girls ... the earlier onset of periods. The study has implications for health in later life as it is well known that women who started their periods ...

And younger generations are starting their periods earlier and taking longer to become regular. The study relied on data ... adolescence is associated with girls having a later first period ...

Girls with healthier diets may be more likely to get their first periods ... earlier. The results held up regardless of the girls’ height or body weight, “demonstrating the importance of a healthy ...

said senior study author Dr. Holly Harris, associate professor of epidemiology at Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle. And younger generations are starting their periods earlier and taking longer ...