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Article: Your changing body. (adolescent growth)
- Article from:
- Science World
- Article date:
- February 10, 1995
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Your features are changing, you're getting taller, and your face looks like an oil slick. What's going on? Puberty (adolescent growth). You may feel as if an alien has invaded your body, but it's just your hormones, your body's chemical messengers, kicking in. During puberty, your hormones signal your body to grow and undergo some pretty radical changes. That can be kind of scary. But it's worth it, because your growing pains are part of becoming a young adult.
GIRLS
HORMONES
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