When your period starts affects your risk of diabetes

Having your first period around the age of 14 or below may be a risk factor for developing diabetes as an adult. — AFP

New Chinese research has found that girls who start their periods earlier may be at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.

Carried out by researchers from Zhengzhou University, the new large-scale study looked at 15,346 postmenopausal women in rural China to investigate whether early menarche, which is a female’s first period, is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes.