THE USE OF GROWTH HORMONES IN CHILDERN DUE TONIGHT IN 6 and half hrs READ INSTRUCTIONS

How do school-age children's

bodies and brains grow and

develop?

316 re Middte Chitdhood

6 46.6 7 49.5 B 51.4 9 '54.5

10 56.6 r 1 59.6

l, How do school-age children's bodies and brains grow and 8. What are the nutritional and sleep needs of middle childhood?

3. What gains in motor skills typically occur at this age, and what play do boys and girls engage in?

4. What are the principal health and safety concerns in middle

5. What are some common mental health problems of childhood?

Aspecrs of Physical DeveNopment If we were to walk by a typical elementary school just as the the s.-ho:rl we would see a virtual explosion of children of all shapes and size. ones, husky ones, and skinny ones would be bursting out of the r-nrd open air. We would see that school-age children look very different rr,.'m years younger.

Height and Weight Growth during middle childhood slows considerably. Still, althou-sh 1.a,! may not be obvious, they add up to a startling difference between G1 still small children, and ll-year-olds, many of whom are now t'egi@ adults.

Children grow about 2 to 3 inches each year between ages 6 as,i Il mately double their weight during that period (McDowell, Fryar. Odgen- t Table 12-1). Girls retain somewhat more fatty tissue than boys, a persist through adulthood. The average 1O-year-old weighs about li 40 years ago-just over 82 pounds for a boy and 89 pounds for a giri I Statistics, 2008). African American boys and girls tend to grow faster ritm By about age 6, African American girls have more muscle and bone mrsr American (white) or Mexican American girls, and Mexican American gidr percentage of body fat than white girls the same size (Ellis, Abrams- &

Although most children grow normally, some do not. One t1'pe '-l I arises from the body's failure to produce enough growth hormone. -{.t synthetic growth hormone in such cases can produce rapid growth il hd during the first 2 yers (Albanese & Stanhope, 1993; Vance & Mauro.-

Growth hormone (GH) has been identified as an effective treairrEil with short stature. Although its use for this purpose has been co

Age Girls

47.6 49.3 51 .3 54.0 55.7 58.8

Gids

4B.B 56.6 62.1 75.O 89.2

104.3

.Fifty percent of children in each category are above this height or weight level and 5C ce.Jsil

Source; McDowell, Fryar, Odgen, & Flegal, 2008.