Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Identify as a transgender female or cisgender male * Age 9-14 years at the time of enrollment * Tanner Stage 2-3 baseline pubertal development * Plan to start gonadotropin releasing hormone analogue clinically in \< 2 months (for transgender females only) Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive, psychiatric, or physical impairment resulting in inability to tolerate the study procedures * Type 1 or 2 diabetes (by medical history) * On any medications that affect insulin sensitivity (e.g. metformin, antipsychotics) * Hypertension (resting BP ≥ 140/90 mm/Hg) * Weight \> 400 lbs * On estrogen- or progesterone-containing medications at baseline * \>3 hours of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on the 3DPAR at the screening visit