Preschool Years - ANSWER 3-6 years old
Middle Childhood - ANSWER 6-adolescents
Adolescence - ANSWER 10-13 years
Physical Growth in Early Childhood - ANSWER loss of baby fat, more slender, body proportions become more adult like
Physical Growth in Middle Childhood - ANSWER slow and stead...
Physical Growth in Early Childhood - ANSWER loss of baby fat, more slender, body proportions become
more adult like
Physical Growth in Middle Childhood - ANSWER slow and steady but growing never stops
Malnutrition is a leading cause of mortality in - ANSWER DEVELOPING world
Childhood Obesity - ANSWER body weight that is 20% or MORE of the average weight for a given age
and height
Today's Obesity Rates - ANSWER 17% (1 in 3 children in poverty are obese)
Action items from CDC - ANSWER increase physical activity
increase fruit and veggie intake
reduce energy-dense food and sugar consumption
increase breastfeeding initiation and duration
Illness among preschoolers - ANSWER generally a time of good health for US preschoolers...develop
empathy
, Injuries - ANSWER children are twice as likely to die from injuries than illness in the preschool years
Injury Prone - ANSWER high levels of physical activity, curiosity, lack of cognitive development=lack of
judgment, boys more than girls, optimistic bias, less supervised
Largest Risk - ANSWER unintentional injuries
7.3/100,000 - ANSWER deaths from unintentional injuries
Synaptic Blooming and Pruning - ANSWER increased lateralization
gender and culture differences emerge
corpus collusum becomes thicker
Myelination - ANSWER increased attention and concentration (executive)
Prefrontal Cortex - ANSWER frontal lobes -- key and related to sophisticated information processing, key
in forming the ability to increase attention and concentration (executive control)
Brain becomes more _______ and less _______ - ANSWER organized ; plastic
Relationship between DIET and EXERCISE - ANSWER less exercise(more tv), poorer diet(greater food
intake) ; more exercise(less tv), better diet(less food intake)
Piaget's Preoperational Stage - ANSWER stage is marked by a decrease in reliance on sensorimotor
activity for cognitive development
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