Deck 2: Growth and Maturation

Question 1

Which two periods of growth are critical for the development of overweight and onset of obesity in both boys and girls?

Answer 1

Preschool years and middle childhood years

Question 2

What are five measures most commonly used to describe a child's growth status?

Answer 2

Recumbent length, stature, weight, head circumference, BMI

Question 3

What are two recommended metrics used for evaluating overweight and obesity?

Answer 3

BMI and weight-for-length

Question 4

Which growth chart does the CDC recommend be used for U.S. children age 2 years and above?

Question 5

What did the Intergrowth-21^st Study help to develop?

Question 6

What are the three primary body tissues that change during growth?

Question 7

Where is skeletal muscle primarily located in boys?

Question 8

What are the primary anatomical locations associated with growth in stature?

Question 9

It is most important to assess a child's level of fatness because:

A) children who are obese may be bullied.
B) obesity is the most prevalent health problem of childhood.
C) children who are obese may not have adequate micronutrients.

Question 10

Body size and dimensions increase faster than at any other time in postnatal life during this growth period:

A) Adolescence
B) Infancy
C) Middle childhood

Question 11

During middle childhood, the increasing maturity of the average girl causes her to grow more per year in stature and weight than the average boy, which contributes, in part, to the larger size of girls at the start of adolescence.

Question 12

The CDC/NCHS and the WHO each produce growth charts, both of which are recommended for use with U.S. children. Recently, however, the CDC recommended that health care practitioners use which growth chart for assessing U.S. Children from birth to 2 years of age.

A) CDC growth charts
B) WHO growth charts