Growing up together: What puberty tells us about our health and well-being
Prof Fabian Yap Kok Peng
Head of Endocrinology, Senior Consultant in the Department of Paediatrics at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH)
Campus Lead for Paediatric Diabetes at the SingHealth DukeNUS Diabetes Centre
Lead for Paediatrics and adjunct Associate Professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
Clinical Associate Professor in the SingHealth Academic Clinical Program at the DukeNUS Medical School
Drawing on insights from 1000 mother-child pairs in GUSTO, this talk explores the timing, patterns, and physical changes of puberty. We will share what the data reveals, how puberty varies across individuals, and what it means for health, growth, and well-being.
Puberty 101: What it is and how it varies, key milestones, typical age ranges, wide variation of what is considered normal.
What the data shows: Insights from our cohort, differences between boys and girls, influencing factors.
What it means and what’s next: When to seek guidance, the limbic and logic gap.
