{"id":6618,"date":"2024-03-22T12:27:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/22\/these-are-the-chemicals-that-give-teens-pungent-body-odor\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T12:27:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:27:13","slug":"these-are-the-chemicals-that-give-teens-pungent-body-odor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/22\/these-are-the-chemicals-that-give-teens-pungent-body-odor\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the chemicals that give teens pungent body odor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Puberty changes just about everything. Bodies get taller, muscles get stronger \u2014 and often, body odor becomes more pungent. Now, scientists have identified some of the compounds that give teenagers their natural aroma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike that of infants and toddlers, teenage body odor has two smelly steroids<\/a> and higher levels of carboxylic acids, researchers report March 21 in Communications Chemistry<\/em>. Those chemicals form when bacteria break down armpit sweat and sebum, the oily secretions that keep our skin moist, and may contribute to the noticeable changes in BO throughout puberty.<\/p>\n\n\n