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Why Are Girls Hitting Puberty Younger? with Jessica Winter

Why Are Girls Hitting Puberty Younger? with Jessica Winter

Update: 2023-03-21
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Puberty is awkward. But that’s, in part, because we continue to feed the stigma around it. Now, puberty is happening earlier for girls, a trend accelerated by the pandemic. Abdul reflects on what that means for public health. He speaks with Jessica Winter, an editor at the New Yorker, who wrote about this trend to understand why it’s happening and how we can make the experience easier. 

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Why Are Girls Hitting Puberty Younger? with Jessica Winter

Why Are Girls Hitting Puberty Younger? with Jessica Winter

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