FRHD 1010 Chapter 7-8: CHAPTER 7 & 8
12 Nov 2017
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Slower growth, greater strength: unlike infants or adolescents, school-age children"s growth is slow and steady, as long as school-age children get enough food, they continue to grow 5 cm or more each year. Physical activity: the level of physical activity of children in middle childhood affects both their mental and physical health. Appreciation of cooperation and fair play, especially when playing games with rules. Respect for teammates and opponents of many ethnicities and nationalities. Playing sports during middle childhood also has risks: Loss of self-esteem (teammates and coaches are sometimes cruel) Reinforcement of prejudices (especially against the other sex) Increased stress (evidenced by altered hormone levels, insomnia) Body mass index (bmi), a person"s weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in metres. Childhood overweight, a child having a bmi above the 85th percentile. Childhood obesity, a child having a bmi above the 95th percentile. It has increased worldwide, having more than double since 1980 in north america.
