________ should be limited, as should motorized forms of transport, extended sitting, and other sedentary activities.
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Nutrition
________ and diet are obviously very important to healthy growth and development.
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endocrine system
The ________ plays an important role in our overall growth and development.
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Prejudice
________ and discrimination based on race, color, gender, or sexual orientation.
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Peak height velocity
________ (PHV) is a measure of the maximum rate of growth in stature (height) that occurs during a growth spurt.
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active lifestyle
Beliefs, values, morals, customs, and traditions that might either encourage or discourage a(n) ________.
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Sociocultural factors
________ refer to influences within our communities and our society at large that encourage or discourage participation in physical activities and sports.
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Physical growth
________ is also affected by diet- an inadequate or unbalanced diet can lead to serious problems in physical development.
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physical activity
Financial and other resource restraints that can impact or prevent participation in ________.
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human growth
Factors affecting ________ and development include glandular and hormonal activity, heredity, nutrition and diet, physical activity, and sociocultural factors.
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Physical literacy
________- becoming confident and competent across a wide range of physical activities- is critical to long- term healthy growth and development.
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endocrine system
The ________ is the collection of glands that produce and release hormones that regulate metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sexual function, reproduction, sleep, and mood (among many other things)
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Physical activity
________ performed from a young age can promote an individuals physical growth and development and contribute significantly in other areas as well.
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PHV increases over a one
or two-year period around the time of puberty
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There are many immediate and long-term health consequences of unhealthy nutrition
type-2 diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure), high cholesterol, breathing and sleep problems, joint problems, and social and psychological problems
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The human body grows and develops according to two main sequences
the cephalocaudal sequence and the proximodistal sequence
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What factors effect human growth & development?
• Glandular and hormonal activity • Heredity • Nutrition and diet • Physical activity, and • Sociocultural factors
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What are some critical periods of growth?
Childhood and Puberty
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Heredity
The transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to their offspring
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Cephalocaudal sequence.
Growth progresses first in the head, followed by the trunk, and then the extremities.
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Proximodistal sequence.
Body movements that originate close to the center of the body develop earlier than those that originate farther away from the center.
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