(1) Jumping exercises can result in significant bone mass gains in prepubertal girls.(2) Here, we show that both the presence of obesity during the prepubertal period and an early onset of puberty are significant and independent risk factors for persistent asthma after puberty.(3) In this study, we found that a physician-confirmed diagnosis of sinusitis in the prepubertal period was a significant predictor of persistence of asthma after puberty.(4) Thus about 2% of boys will still be prepubertal at 14-15 years.(5) We found that approximately 30% of children with infrequent wheezing but almost 60% of children with asthma in the prepubertal period keep experiencing wheezing episodes in the first 4 years after the onset of puberty.(6) A tradition no longer observed is the prepuberty ceremony for ten-year-old girls, which involved grinding corn for an entire day at the girl's paternal grandmother's house.(7) Early school ages, prepuberty , puberty, male and female differences in voice and speech, and changes in later life are examined.
