I have a huge family to draw from.  All the girls were 11 or 12 years old
whether they were formula or breastfed. No one was obese. Only a few had a
couple extra pounds on them. Most were slim.
Anne Grider


On 9/3/06, HM Doak <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> There is a relationship between weight and estrogen. The heavier girls
> (and
> boys?) tend to have high estrogen in their system, which surely
> contributes
> to early puberty.
>
> Anectodally, my 13yo daughter is 5'1"/1.5m, ~100 pounds/45 kgm, and she is
> starting to fill out. I started my cycles in Jr high, about 13yo. She was
> b/f for 18mo, and we do not drink cow milk. I view her as "normal" but
> have
> to remind her physician (and my husband's family) that it is ~normal~ for
> little girls to start filling out ~13/14yo, not 8/9 as we tend to see
> around
> here.
>
> But it sure is difficult being the "normal" girl when all of your friends
> have started their cycles...
>
> Best wishes,
> Heather "Sam" Doak
>
> <<Do you think the early onset of puberty has any thing to do with
> overweight?
> There is a connection between formula feeding and obesity.  Most of the
> little girls I see with earlier onset of puberty are too heavy.  The flip
> side  of this is that if you are breastfed and grow normally, gain weight
> normally, then you hit puberty at a "normal" time.  Feeling cynical today,
> Pat in SNJ
>
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