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Boys Hit Puberty Sooner Now, Study Finds

Findings mirror research on girls, but study doesn't pinpoint why

October 20, 2012 RSS Feed Print

Biro said he isn't sure that an earlier maturing boy is going to be sexually active any earlier. However, "I do think that it may lead to a little greater disparity between social maturation and physical maturation. And that is certainly something to think about," he said.

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For more on puberty, visit the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

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