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EXPERIENCE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 9
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100%
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Height and weight
Ans: Children grow about 2-3 inches per year between ages 6 and 11 and
approximately double their weight during that period. Girls retain more fatty
tissue. African American boys tend to grow faster than white children.
Less than 10% of cals
Ans: should come from saturated fat.
Nutrition
Ans: schoolchildren need, on average, 2,400 calories a day.
Sleep
Ans: 10 hours at age 9, 9 hours at age 13
Sleep problems
Ans: resistance to going to bed, insomnia, and daytime sleepiness are
common. They make their own bedtimes, and have TV's in their bedrooms.
Recess-Time Play
Ans: Informal and spontaneously organized. Boys play more physically
active games. Girls favor games that include verbal expression or counting
aloud
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,Rough-and-tumble play
Ans: Wrestling, kicking, tumbling, grappling, and chasing. Seems to be
universal.
Rough and Tumble adaptive benefits
Ans: Hones skeletal and muscle development, offers safe practice for
hunting and fighting skills, and channels aggression and competition.
Sports
Ans: 38.5% participate in organized sports. Improves motor skills, weight
control, lower blood pressure, improved cardiovascular functioning, and
enhanced self-esteem and well-being.
Obesity in children has become
Ans: a major health issue worldwide. Boys are more likely to be overweight
than girls.
Body image
Ans: how one believes one looks. Playing with physically unrealistic dolls,
such as barbie, may be an influence in that direction.
Causes of obesity
Ans: Inherited tendency aggravated by too little exercise and too much or
the wrong kinds of foods. Eating out. Inactivity.
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, Childhood obesity concerns
Ans: Risk for behavioral problems, depression and low self-esteem, medical
problems (HBP, High Cholesterol, High insulin levels) Childhood diabetes.
Overweight children often
Ans: Suffer emotionally and may compensate by indulging with treats,
making their physical and social problems even worse. Fall behind other
classmates.
Hypertension
Ans: Chronically high blood pressure.
Preventing weight gain is
Ans: easier, less costly, and more effective than treating obesity.
Children should only get about
Ans: 30 percent of their total calories from fat and less than 10 percent of the
total from saturated fat.
Effective weight-management programs should include
Ans: efforts of parents, schools, physicians, communities, and the larger
culture.
Acute medical conditions
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