HDFS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Indeterminate Growth, Infant Mortality, Birth Weight
28 Sep 2016
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Infant average weight=7. 5 pounds; 5-7% of weight is lost in first days a. i. Weight loss due to fluids, water, etc. a. ii. Gain 10% of weight per year until elementary school: successful aging, how to determine if you have aged successfully: a. i. What have you done with the resources available? a. i. 1. How did you do with what you have? a. ii. 1. Different depending on where you started at a. iii. Death with dignity=ultimate successful aging: successful aging factors: b. i. Attitude, nutrition, exercise, self-affirmation, social network opportunities, infrastructure to promote, support system, formal education, community service, engaging with other people: ultimate factors: c. i. Depends on infant mortality rate, disease, technology b. ii. Race & gender factors, average age expectancy is 80 years old b. iii. As resources increase, life expectancy age increases: senescence-aging; a widespread biological phenomenon that occurs in higher organisms & lower ones c. i.
