Scientists are exploring why the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a wave of precocious puberty in girls
In 2020, researchers saw cases skyrocket while locked down kids faced the stresses of a lifetime, leading to renewed interest in uncovering the specific mechanisms of action behind these stress factors. “We know from recent data that the psychosocial burden before and after the pandemic is increasing dramatically,” says Mohamad Maghnie, head of the pediatric clinic at the Giannina Gaslini Institute at the University of Genoa in Italy.
Because many of these lifestyle changes are also linked to obesity in children, it’s difficult to tell whether they contribute to the onset of puberty by altering BMI, stress levels, or both, but the pandemic provided an ideal experimental setup for endocrinologists to examine it.
Researchers aren’t sure yet whether or not the increased rate of precocious puberty has continued, now years after lockdown, but anecdotal evidence from clinics suggests it has. Orsdemir believes that this is because people, including children, have not returned to their pre-pandemic habits. “This is becoming normal now,” she says. “In the long term, the biggest impact will be psychosocial for sure.
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