I am a fifteen-year-old girl who is worried about her growth. I am only 5 ft (152 cm) tall and weigh only 90 lb (41 kg). Perhaps it is because of my Asian heritage. For the past few years my height has remained the same, and there is only a small increase in weight. My [...]
27
Jan
2009
I read in a magazine that after a girl has had her period she only grows less than one more inch. Is this true?
Tags: Adolescence, breast buds, growth spurt, physical change, slow growth, teen body, teenager body
No. The statement is an oversimplification of a complicated process and is also inaccurate.
I assume the point the magazine was trying to make is that girls grow the fastest shortly before menstruation starts. This is true. This time of rapid growth is called the growth spurt. It usually occurs around age twelve for girls, [...]
27
Jan
2009
I am girl, almost twelve, and don’t have hair in two places that I think I should have. I’m also short. Am I going to be slow in puberty, or is it normal? Most of my friends talk about puberty, and I’m always left out.
Tags: Adolescence, general development, growth spurt, physical change, puberty, teen body, teenager body
Although the age at which one’s body begins to mature varies from one person to another, the order in which these events occur is fairly set. Often if a girl seems to be maturing a bit later than average, it will turn out that her mother and other female relatives also tended to be “late,” [...]
