FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Boogie 2Nite, Low Birth Weight, Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood

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

Document Summary

In 2010-2011, about 9 percent of youth in ontario in grade 6 to 9 had tried smoking cigarettes: canadian and u. s. teens of both sexes smoke fewer cigarettes than western european teens, and. Chapter 11: emerging adulthood- body, mind, and social world: emerging adulthood- age 18-25. Biosocial development: age 18-25 prime age for physical labor and reproduction, more people in this age group pursue further education and thus get married and start families later than people did 50 years ago. Health: every system in the body functions best at start of adulthood, low birth weight, infant undernutrition, or rapid weight gain in early childhood result in shorter height, reduced body function, and higher disease risk in early adulthood. Fertility: over last 50 years, average births per woman has dropped, miscarriages are less common and serious birth complications are more rare, average age for first birth in canada is age 29, contraceptives frequently used to avoid pregnancies.