Chapter Eleven

1. Chapter Eleven The School Years: Biosocial Development

2. A Healthy Time Middle childhood children usually healthy and self-reliant A Healthy Time Middle childhood, ages 7 to 11, is generally a happy, easy time -children usually healthy and self-reliant -relatively smooth and uneventful biosocial development -growth proceeds more slowly than during preschool and adolescent years A Healthy Time Middle childhood, ages 7 to 11, is generally a happy, easy time -children usually healthy and self-reliant -relatively smooth and uneventful biosocial development -growth proceeds more slowly than during preschool and adolescent years

3. Typical Size and Shape Contributing Factors to Variations in physique Nutrition genetic factors gender Typical Size and Shape Contributing Factors to Variations in physique -nutrition, genetic factors, gender -children who are well nourished gain 5 to 7 pounds and grown about 2 inches per year -by age 10, average child weighs about 70 pounds and measures 4 ½ feet tall -children become slimmer than in early years -limbs lengthen -body proportions change -muscles become stronger -lung capacity increases -undernutrition, which does not disappear with age or a nation’s wealth, correlated with less growth and more illnessTypical Size and Shape Contributing Factors to Variations in physique -nutrition, genetic factors, gender -children who are well nourished gain 5 to 7 pounds and grown about 2 inches per year -by age 10, average child weighs about 70 pounds and measures 4 ½ feet tall -children become slimmer than in early years -limbs lengthen -body proportions change -muscles become stronger -lung capacity increases -undernutrition, which does not disappear with age or a nation’s wealth, correlated with less growth and more illness

4. Childhood Obesity Overweight Obese