Age of puberty predicts diseases in later life, find researchers

Early developers at greater risk of diabetes and heart disease while late developers more prone to asthma, according to Cambridge University study

The age that children hit puberty has been found to be a significant predictor of their health in later life, researchers say.

The University of Cambridge study confirms previous findings of a link between early puberty in women and heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and has shown for the first time that early puberty in men is also associated with these conditions.