CFD 3240 Lecture 18: PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
10 Jan 2019
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Common health problems in middle childhood: nutrition, overweight and obesity, vision and hearing, bedwetting, unintentional injuries. Causes of obesity in middle childhood: heredity (overweight parents, socioeconomic status, early growth pattern of rapid weight gain, family eating habits: use of food as reward, overfeeding, parental control of children"s intake, responsiveness to food cues vs. Hunger: lack of physical activity, television viewing, early malnutrition and growth stunting. Consequences of obesity: social isolation leads to emotional, social, and school difficulties, unhappiness and overeating contribute to each other, overweight girls are likely to reach puberty early, life chances are reduced by psychological consequences combined with discrimination. Bedwetting: nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting during the night, occurs in 1 in 10 children, affects more boys than girls at all ages, usually has biological roots, can be treated with medication or, more effectively, by using a urine alarm.
