Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Adolescent Sex, Menarche, Binge Eating

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2700A/B
• Professor: Tara Mantler

Document Summary

Adolescence (ages 13-15) declined by 1/3 since the mid 1990s and sits at about 9% fewer behavioural problems than their later-developing peers reproductive system. Sexual maturation school, the less trouble they get into, and the more friends they have. Today"s discussion: physical, health, thinking & memory, information processing, self- When we think of physical changes in adolescence we tend to think about the. Changes in the reproductive system are important, but other major changes occur too. Girls who develop earlier have no more problems with self-esteem/academics, and. The earlier boys develop, the more positive their body image, the better they do in. The rate of canadian teen girls/boys having sexual intercourse before 15 years has. Living in low ses neighbourhoods with low parental involvement. Sexual activity alcohol is a major contributor to adolescent sex. Sexual behaviour (accounting for more than 70% of cases) between 9-45 years as well as continued pap test for cervical cancer their hands.