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Precocious Puberty |
Child going trough early maturation/ menarcue |
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What can cause Precocious Puberty |
-Growth Hormones in food -Age comprehension: exposing children to adult things at an early age |
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Early maturing Boys |
-View themselves more positively -Better peer relations -High leadership skills -give more responsibility Negatives: -Misuses of responsibility |
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Early maturing Girls |
-More likely to drink -Be depressed -Have an eating disorder -Have older friends -Earlier sexual experiences |
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Late maturing Boys |
Stronger sense of identity and positive self-image in their 30's |
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Early Adulthood: Growth and Change |
-Height is consistent -Peak of muscle tone and strength(reached in late teens and twenties) -Peak in joint function (reached in twenties) |
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Middle adulthood |
-Sarcopenia-Muscle mass and strength loss 1% to 2% muscle loss after age 50 -Cardiovascular system & lungs -Hypertension: blood pressure increases -Decreased lung capacity after age 55 |
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Middle adulthood: Physical apperance |
-Loss of height(more for women) -weight gain -Skin wrinkles, sagging, aging spots appear 40's and 50's -Hair thins and grays-finger and toe nails thicken |
