The body mass index, or BMI, is a measure of - correct answer ✔✔weight relative to height.
Children are considered overweight if their BMI - correct answer ✔✔is in the 85th to less than the 95th
percentile.
Being able to run, jump, and hop are all examples of emerging skills in early childhood known as - correct
answer ✔✔gross motor skills.
Children begin to gain a sense of proprioception, which means that they now - correct answer ✔✔learn
how to use feedback from their bodies to move effectively through the
environment.
In early childhood, synaptogenesis is reaching its peak in - correct answer ✔✔the prefrontal cortex.
The localization of a function in one hemisphere of the brain is called - correct answer ✔✔lateralization.
The National Association for Sports and Physical Education recommends that children get at least -
correct answer ✔✔60 minutes of exercise per day.
The hygiene hypothesis has been used to explain - correct answer ✔✔the increase in asthma and
allergies.
The number one cause of death of children in the United States is - correct answer ✔✔injury and
accidents.
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment act was established in 1974 to - correct answer ✔✔establish
a mechanism for reporting cases of suspected abuse or neglect to child protection agencies.
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