Chapter 9: Middle Childhood Physical+Cognitive Flashcards
What happens to the weight and growth
- Slow and steady growth
2. Body weight doubles
What are the issues in healthy nutrition 2
- Too much sugar, salt and fat
2. Oversized portions
Sex differences in growth and nutrition
Boys slightly taller and heavier until 10 years old or until girls start puberty
Childhood obesity ____ since 1980
tripled
What % of children are overweight
30
Poor diet and sedentary is the result of what …
Screen time
Consequences of being overweight2
- Health risks:diabetes, hypertension and asthma
2. Emotional risk :Self esteem and rejection
What do children need to eat
BREAKFAST
What reduces ear infections
growth of eustachian tube
what % of school age children are affected by myopia
29%
What contributes to myopia
heredity + environment
How many hours a day should children be on screen
0-2=
3-9=
10-18=
0
1
2
consequences of too much screen time (8) D O S M A A R U
–Gross motor skills
Motor Development
- Improvement of Balance coordination strength
- Muscle growth
- Reaction time improves
-Finr motor skills
Motor Development
Old
new
-Improvement of exisitng skills such as dress, wash ,eat
New: Writing\ Arts/ Musical instrument s
what % of Canadian youth meet the physical activity target
40%
How many minutes of activity per day
60 min
What is the max of screen time per day
2 hours
Accident #1
greater risk of injury than preschool kids
Most common accidents under 20 F C B N
Falls
Car accident
Bike accidents
near drownias
Piagets concrete Operational theory
LCTS
Logic
Conservation
Transivity
Seriation
Logic
deduction, reasoning of ideas
Conservation
FLAT CLAY= round clay because it has the same amount
Transivity
Being able to understand how objects are related to one another
a dog is a mammal and that a boxer is a dog, then a boxer must be a mammal