CHILD DEVELOPMENT - Biological Development

Question 1

Obese child, strongest predictor of

adulthood obesity? (3x)

Answer 1

Degree of parental obesity

Question 2

Hormone that increases during growth

spurt in girls prior to puberty? (2x)

Answer 2

Adrenal androgens

Question 3

What biological factor is linked to sexual

awareness in early adolescence?

Answer 3

Adrenal androgens

Question 4

Precocious puberty in females correlated with?

Answer 4

Obesity

Question 5

What detail of information would you

expect when doing a pain assessment on a 2 yo?

Answer 5

Identify presence and location of pain

Question 6

Reason for belief that girls enter puberty
much earlier than boys, but in reality it is
closer to 6 months?

Answer 6

Linear growth spurt

Question 7

Change in fat composition from birth to

adolescence?

Answer 7

Decreases over the first year and then

increases