NUTR 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Basal Metabolic Rate, Pubic Hair, Thiamine
5 Dec 2017
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Adolescence: early adolescence (11 to 14 years, middle adolescence (15 to 17 years, late adolescence (18 to 21 years, crosses over with early adulthood. Nutritional needs: substantial physical, emotional and cognitive maturation, rapid physical growth affects nutrient needs, strong desire for independence: can in uence food choices. Physical development: puberty begins during early adolescence, biological changes of puberty include, increases in height & weight, sexual maturation, changes in body composition, accumulation of skeletal mass, order of changes is consistent, but the timing is not. Physical development continued: variations in reaching sexual maturity affect nutrition requirements of adolescents, sexual maturation (also called biological age) not chronological age should be used to assess nutritional needs. Don"t need to memorize, just have general knowledge. Sexual maturation rating continued: boys: genital development and pubic hair growth, girls: breast development and pubic hair growth, evaluation of smr can be completed by a physician or adolescents can rate themselves.
