Unit 30: Childhood and Adolescence Flashcards
1
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Children and adolescents have:
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Less physical activity and more energy dense foods
2
Q
Genetically based in born processes to regulate appetite and satiety are:
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Suppressed by parents teaching their children to finish all their food
3
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Moderate to vigorous activities required by young people:
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60 minutes
4
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Undernutrition in children:
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- Parents putting children to low fat low calorie diets
5
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Food preferences:
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- Not inborn
- Programmed to taste bitter
- Born cautious to new foods
introduce new food multiple times - Strong flavoured foods are disliked
spicy or mixed foods
6
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Good diets for children:
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- From food groups
- Whole grain bread, and cereal
- Boiled, broiled, baked foods
- Higher calories (high fat dairy products, energy dense cookies)
7
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Fat intake:
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- 25-35% of diets should be from fat after 3
- Restricting saturated and trans fat
- Omega-3 fatty acids
8
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Parents diets are a good indication of their children’s
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- Too few vegetables, fruits, calcium, zinc, vitamins E, D, C, and B6
9
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Between 2-10 years children gain:
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5 pounds, 2-3 inches/year
10
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BMI
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- Above 85th percentile: increased risk for overweight
* Above 95th percentile: increased risk for obesity
11
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Adolescent growth spurt:
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- Girls: 11-15 years
18 pounds / year - Boys: 12-17 years
20 pounds / year
50% of adult weight, 25% of adult height
45% of bone mass
12
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What determines adult height:
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- Non genetic factors
- Taller in developed countries
- Healthy birthweight and diet during growing years
