by Laura Wershler | Feb 24, 2012 | Activism, Birth Control, Girls, Menstruation, Ovulation, Reproduction, Sex
Guest Post by Lisa Leger Teen girls are getting pregnant, in part, because they don’t understand their menstrual cycles. It’s time for sexual health educators to step up and teach girls the primary sign of fertility. A recent report by The Centers for Disease Control...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 25, 2012 | Books, Celebrities, Literature, Menstruation
Guest Post by Jaime Hough Tyra Banks wrote a young adult fantsy novel. And it’s a NYT bestseller. The book, titled Modelland, is about the journey of one awkward-looking girl who is whisked away to a magical boarding school which trains girls to become...
by Chris Hitchcock | Jan 17, 2012 | Menarche, Menstruation
Last month I wrote about menarcheal age in Ethiopian girls, and that food insecurity leads to a delay in the onset of menstruation. This fits with the general response of the reproductive system to energetic stress – low energy leads to suppression of the...
by Alexandra Jacoby | Dec 22, 2011 | Girls, Menstruation
Last month I wrote about what I would tell the ten-year-old girl in my life about menstruation. This would be my first conversation about it with her. I really appreciated the supportive responses that I received in the comments and offline! I was nervous about it....
by Chris Hitchcock | Dec 20, 2011 | Menarche, Menstruation, New Research
Many girls in Africa have insecure access to food, that is, they worry about getting enough food, and they sometimes eat less than they want, or go without food. There are two theories about how this might affect the onset of menstruation (menarche). One is that the...