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Unit 4 Development through life stages
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40135191 Kofoworola AbdullahiP2 Explain the potential effects of five different life factors on the development
of an individual.
There are many life factors that affect an individuals in their development,these
factors can affect and influence all stages of a person’s lifetime including
childhood,adolescence and adulthood and also an individual development
physically,intellectually,emotionally and socially.These factors include;
● Biological influences
● Genetic factors
● Environmental Influences
● Socio-economic factors
● Lifestyle factors
Biological influences
Childhood
Effect of diet
There are many factors that may affect a child and can influence the
development of a child. For example the effect of diet on a child as we link it
to my case study Morgan Freeman.
Morgan was from a low income family that means the quality and amount of
food they buy has to be affordable and meet their budget ,And in Mississippi
where he grew up Natural foods were expensive while processed food were
less expensive,which also means his family could only mostly afford
processed foods,
Novak Djokovic((2020) says nutrition plays an important role in the growth
and development of a child and it is one of the major factors that affect a
child’s development and research studies also shows that nutrition in a child's
early age is linked to their health and academic performance in later years.
Morgan was eating only or mostly processed food as a child and it had effects
on him as it started affecting his development as a child,he was
undernourished which started to alter his growth rate,body weight and height .
early child development is influenced by a wide variety of biological
factors,certain factors like nutrition and effect of diet can play an important
role in the course of early development,
Physically Undernutrition did affect his physical growth and maturation and
did alter his growth, he was underweight and shorter than the average child
,his body weight and height were also altered as he was not growing as
rapidly as an average child because as a child his diet was not that healthy
as his family ate more processed food ,these factors influence a child in
various ways,Intellectually Under nutrition can cause a child to have less
energy and interest for learning which could negatively affects his academic
performance as he does not have the same high performance energy as kids
his age ,he gets tired out easily and he will have less interest in activities that
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might have been beneficial to him at that age ,so in his age grade
intellectually he will be behind in class and might have to catch up with them
which will be stressful
Socially Undernutrition can cause a child to have reduced play activities and
also reduced child to child interaction as he might have less energy for any
social activities,he will get tired out easily and will not have as much high
performance energy as kids his age which means he will not get to participate
in certain activities and he might also feel left out socially.Emotionally it had
an effect as he started to have food insecurity as his undernutrition will show
that his family were not really well to do,Morgan also started to realise he was
not growing as much as his mates,he looked different from them , they were
growing and he was not ,he had insecurities as he was not growing as much
as his mates,emotionally it had an effect on him as he was sad.
Adulthood
Effect of diet
Eating Healthy is very important at any age,Morgan having made it as a
popular and known Actor,,he was now well to do,he was now well accessed to
afford any food or healthy diet.
Eating a healthy diet is very important and has lots of benefits to the
body.Morgan has a well balanced diet,eats mostly natural foods,he is also
well fit and very energetic for a man his age .
For Morgan the effect and benefit of his diet was that it was a well balanced
diet and it provides him with all the energy to keep him active .And most
importantly it helped him stay healthy and strong and also prevented
diet-related illness, he’s a very active man still acting and winning awards.
The effect of his diet Physically is that even with age he is still very energetic
and active ,he has a very healthy diet ,he has his own gym instructor and his
own well equipped gym to keep fit and active even in his old age he was
active in his daily activities and his screen roles,he lived a healthy life as an
adult he also has a low chance of getting any diet related illness and will also
continue to live a healthylife.Intellectually Morgan is doing so well he is very
active in his career and always gets awarded for it ,which I will say is as a
result of his diet which keeps him active and energetic ,he made sure he had
enough protein and slow release energy foods to help with his long working
hours and making sure that he did not increase his weight as this would not
look appropriate for the screen roles that he was given, Emotionally Morgan
has less to worry about blood pressure,Sugar levels and other related illness
because he has a well balanced and healthy diet ,As his healthy diet made
him very active in his career and he was also active in his day to day life.
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