NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight boys may start puberty later than their leaner peers, new research shows. In girls, the opposite is true: Being heavy increases the likelihood that a girl will ...

As a mother of two little girls, I expected that puberty would be a tempestuous time for our family, full of emotional roller coasters and bodily changes. I just didn’t expect it to happen so soon.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Teen boys are often assumed to breeze through puberty with fewer emotional hurdles than girls. But for many ...