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Thyroid hormones – Hormones made by the thyroid gland that help control the body’s energy use, temperature, and general speed of body processes.

Thyroid disorders – Problems with the thyroid gland that cause it to make too much or too little hormone.

Testosterone – A sex hormone that helps control muscle mass, body hair, sex drive, and sperm production, especially in men.

Sugar – Usually means glucose, the main type of sugar in the blood that the body uses for energy.

Puberty – The stage of life when a child’s body changes into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction.

Progesterone – A hormone that helps prepare and maintain the womb for pregnancy and regulates parts of the menstrual cycle.

Pancreas – An organ that sits behind the stomach and makes insulin and other substances to help digest food.

Testes – Organs in the male body that make sperm and hormones like testosterone.

Ovaries – Organs in the female body that release eggs and make hormones like estrogen and progesterone.

Metabolism – The process by which the body turns food into energy and manages how fast it uses that energy.