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| girl's first period however irregular |
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| boy's first ejaculation "wet dreams" |
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| influences on the age of puberty |
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| genes, body fat, hormones, |
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| hormone that affects appetite. increases at 12 in the onset of puberty |
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| too early, too late -- girls |
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| want to mature earlier. those who mature earlier are at risk of emotional distress. |
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| too early, too late -- boys |
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| cohort is crucial, early maturing are more aggressive, lawbreaking, drug abusers. late staters are anxious, depressed. |
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| today's youth consume more calories less likely to be as fit as parents. |
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| iron, calcium, zinc deficent is bad for the bone/muscle growth |
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| menstruation on nutrition |
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| depletes body of iron increasing anemia |
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| anorexia, bulimia nervosa |
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| transformation of puberty |
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| physical growth and sexual maturation |
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| sudden uneven increase in size |
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| primary sex characteristics |
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| parts of the body that are directly involved in reproduction. i.e. vagina, uterus, ovaries, testicles, penis. |
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| secondary sex characteristics |
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| physical traits not directly involved in reproduction such as manly beard or breasts |
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| drugs, depression, single parent families, teen parenting, raising a child is more difficult/expensive now then ever, STDs |
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