FRHD 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Health Promotion, Lev Vygotsky, Preschool
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Body changes: body and brain develop according to influential epigenetic forces. Improved motor skills: develop both gross and fine motor skills. Nutritional deficiencies: do not always obtain adequate iron, zinc and calcium, children who eat more vegetables gain more bone mass, not fat, lack of micronutrients in developing nations. Allergies: 3-8% of all young children have food allergy - usually to a healthy common food, government required labelling in 2012 for what is in food to avoid buying stuff that may contain child"s allergy. Obsessions: just right: tendency of children to insist on having things done in a particular way, occurs around age 3, after age 5 rigidity fades. Provide resources: injury control: practices aimed at anticipating, controlling and preventing dangerous activities. Reflect beliefs all accidents are not random and injuries can be made less harmful if proper controls in place. Environmental hazards: car and truck exhaust harmful to children, woodsmoke is not.