CHD-2220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Health Education, Malocclusion, Cortisol
11 Dec 2015
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; 3. 5 ft. tall: 2-3 inches per year; 5 pounds per year added during mc. Ages 6-8: girls slightly shorter than boys: age 9: trend reverses, adolescent growth spurt: occurs 2 years earlier in girls than in boys. Girls: slightly more body fat; boys: slightly more muscle. Worldwide variations in body size: 9-inch gap between smallest and largest 8-year-olds. Shortest children: s. america, asia, pacific islands, and parts of africa. Ethnic groups: columbian, burmese, thai, vietnamese, ethiopian, Ethnic groups: czech, dutch, latvian, norwegian, swiss, and african. Growth norms must be applied cautiously: heredity and environment: what accounts for the differences in physical size. Taller children usually from developed countries, where food is plentiful and infectious diseases are largely controlled. Smaller children usually from less developed regions where poverty, Secular trends in physical growth hunger, and disease are common: secular trends in physical growth: changes in body size from one generation to the next.
