PSYCH 212 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Childhood Obesity, Junk Food, Body Image
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See also video guide for fat and happy? for ch. 12 related material. Overweight children and prevalence of childhood obesity. 17% of children between the ages of 2 and 19 are obese. Descriptive and evaluative belief about one"s appearance. Why is childhood overweight a serious concern? (see starting pg 347) Children will face depression, behavior problems, low self esteem. Diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, orthopedic problems. Preventions and treatments of overweight (also see table 12. 3); overweight and childhood hypertension, type 2 diabetes. Piaget: the concrete operational child (also see textbook on these issues) Concrete operations (3 rd stage of cog dev) Children begin to use mental operations to solve concrete problems. Children can perform tasks at a higher level and gain a better understanding of 7 things: Experience plays a role in this development of understanding spatial relationships. Arranging objects according to one or more dimensions.
