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Your New Look

As your body matures, get ready to grow in different

directions.

Figure Facts

You may start to notice new curves where you never had

them—particularly around your thighs, hips, waist, and

breasts. Your body may look bigger than it used to, or

your pants may feel tighter in some places. All of these

changes are normal. But curves aren’t required! It’s com-

mon for your body to begin to look more like the bodies

of other women in your family. So if your mom is long,

lean, and less curvy, you might shape up the same way.

Body shapes are meant to be different, and just because

you’re developing faster than your friend is or slower than

your older sister did, it doesn’t mean there is anything

wrong with you. Girls can grow tall before they gain

weight, or they can gain weight before they grow tall.

In most cases, in order to grow into a taller, healthy

teenager, you need to gain weight. And to gain weight,

you need to increase the amount of food you eat. That’s

because it takes a lot of energy for your body to stretch

and grow, and food provides this fuel. Sometimes girls are

nervous about gaining weight, thinking that it means they

are becoming overweight and unhealthy. But the truth is

that healthy weight gain is normal and important.