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A new study just dropped that suggests that gender dysphoria among teen girls might be a result of environmental conditions. 

There are underlying mental and/or emotional issues that lay at the heart of gender dysphoria ... and affirming people’s struggles and delusions is the worst thing we can do.

I am fully aware that some readers of this article will be deeply offended, accusing me of extreme condescension and transphobia. In a word, they would say, "We don't need or want your help or compassion. To the contrary, it's people like you who create problems for us." Yes, I fully expect such reactions, but…

Turning a murderer into a martyr and victims into bigots reflects serious issues with the transgender community.

Objectives: To validate parent-reported child habitual total physical activity against accelerometry and three existing step-count thresholds for classifying 3 h/day of total physical activity in pre-schoolers from 13 culturally and geographically diverse countries. Design: Cross-sectional validation study. Methods: We used data involving 3- and 4-year-olds from 13 middle- and high-income countries who participated in the SUNRISE study. We used Spearman's rank-order correlation, Bland–Altman plots, and Kappa statistics to validate parent-reported child habitual total physical activity a...