FRHD 1010 Chapter 5-6: CHAPTER 5 & 6

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

Is at least 100 cm tall: has adult-like body proportions (legs constitute about half the total height) Nutritional challenges: young children need high levels of fat in their diets (up to age 2) Nutritional deficiencies: children do not always obtain adequate iron, zinc, and calcium, another problem is sugar. Just right, the tendency of children to insist on having things done in a particular way. This can include clothes, food, bedtime routines, and so on. This occurs around age 3: after age 5, rigidity fades. Oral health: too much sugar and too little fibre cause tooth decay, which affects 1/3 of all young canadian children. So, they came up with 6 recommendations to reduce the number of deaths among aboriginal children: focus on surveillance: involve better data collection and research. Harm reduction 3 levels: primary prevention, actions that change overall background conditions to prevent some unwanted event or circumstance, such as injury, disease, or abuse.