The impact of diet on the onset of precocious puberty.

Precocious puberty is a common cause for addressing pediatric patients in endocrinology offices, a prevalence that can be significantly influenced by environmental factors. According to studies, these factors have an impact even in the intrauterine life. Diet, especially from a qualitative point of view, defines one of the risk factors for precocious puberty and the most easily modifiable. We consider it useful to bring up the characteristics of precocious puberty and the multiple repercussions that affect both physical and mental development, with the mention that, in the absence of a prompt diagnosis and correctly performed to lead to an effective therapeutic management, these children are prone to chronic pathologies, but also to stigmatization, in the collectivities they belong to. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]