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Growth over time: Very rapid growth during first ......years of life • Between 6-11 growth .................. • Pubertal ................. .................
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2, slows down, growth spurt
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Physiological growth: skeletal growth
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Soft cartilage in prenatal period gradually ossify into bone • Ankles, feet, wrists and hands develop more bones as the child
matures |
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Physiological growth: Muscle growth
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Newborns are born with
all the muscle fibres they will ever have • Maturation of fibres occurs very gradually in childhood and then accelerates in adolescence |
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rowth monitoring helps to detect 3 key things:
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1. Feeding difficulties 2. Chronic ill health 3. Social deprivation
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Three types of environmental influences on physical growth of children
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1. Nutrition 2. Illness 3. Quality of care that child receives
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1. Nutrition: Diet is perhaps the most ........................ environmental influence on human ................
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important, growth
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Undernutrition: Marasmus –
• Kwashiorkor – |
Marasmus – babies receive insufficient protein and too few calories • Kwashiorkor – Children receive enough calories but not enough protein
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Over nutrition:
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over weightiness and obesity common in youth - growing trend, decrease in exercise, increase in poor food choices.
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Obesity epidemic: ..................... overweight adults in world
– ............ million are obese • Obesity and overweight pose major risks for .................. illness |
1 billion , 300, chronic
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Summary: • Babies grow very rapidly in the first ..... years • From 2 to puberty, children gain .......... inches in height and 6-7 pounds in weight each year • Another growth spurt occurs at puberty • A number of different ............................ factors will influence child growth (nutrition, illness, non-organic failure to thrive) • Nutrition and exercise levels will influence development of the ............ and ...........
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2, 2-3, environmental, brain, body
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