Obesity and gestational diabetes in mothers linked to early onset of puberty in daughters

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/kp-oag060316.php

Public Release: 6-Jun-2016
Obesity and gestational diabetes in mothers linked to early onset of puberty in daughters
Findings add to growing body of knowledge drawn from long-term Kaiser Permanente study examining development in girls
Kaiser Permanente

Daughters of overweight mothers who develop gestational diabetes are significantly more likely to experience an earlier onset of one sign of puberty, according to new Kaiser Permanente research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

Research has shown that American girls are maturing earlier now than they were a few decades ago, and that early puberty increases the risk of adverse health outcomes, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and cancer in adolescence and adulthood. This study is based on long-term research on an ethnically diverse sample of 421 girls and their mothers (all members of Kaiser Permanente in Northern California) participating in the Cohort study of Young Girls' Nutrition, Environment, and Transitions (known as CYGNET).

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