Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture 5: Toddler (2-3 years)
18 Jan 2020
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Between 2-3 there are less dramatic physical changes than the first year of life but still impressive. Hauls and shoves big toys around obstacles. Each year from 2 to adolescence, children gain about 5-8cm in height and 2. 7kg in weight. Kids with higher motor activity levels are better able to control or inhibit their behaviours allowing for successful task achievement. Children"s motor activity levels increase linearly with age and peak between 7-9 years. Most kids eat sufficient quanitities of food but not at regular meals - 22% of children aged 2 to 5 are overweight or obese. Almost all infants and toddlers are exposed to tv or videos every day, usually for about 1-2 hours. Around of mothers with 3 years olds report that their child watches two hours or more per day. If background television is included, very young children are exposed to an average of four hours of television each day.
