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 ...

Nowadays, most girls have started getting periods before time. There are many disadvantages to this. Many studies have said ...

Girls in the US are starting their periods earlier, which could signal health impacts later. A new study shows that nutrition ...

Though previous research has tied height and BMI to the earlier onset of menarche, or first period, the study ... of U.S. children, girls nationwide are getting their first periods earlier ...

Girls who grow up eating a healthier diet than their peers may be less likely to get their first menstrual periods at an earlier age — regardless of height or body mass index — a new study ...

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

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 ...

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 ...