Adolescent Life

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Adolescent Life

Adolescence is the stage in life that marks the transition from childhood to adulthood and begins at puberty and ends when somebody becomes an adult. Adolescent yield to several changes such as physical changes, cognitive and social changes. Such body changed are influenced by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors.

The age at which adolescence began and ended among different individuals is a notable difference in adolescent life between the years 2000 and 2010. On average, the puberty stage started at the age of 11 years and full transition to adults attained at 19. While by 2010, the average puberty onset had evolved, resulting in the lengthened adolescent period. An individual would begin puberty at the age of 10 and become an adult at 20 or 21. The gradual decrease in the onset age is attributed to better nutrition, obesity, and other environmental factors.

Similar body changes were experienced in both 2000 and 2010. Although changes such as the growth of facial are and deepening of voice in boys, breast development and onset of menstruation in...