health and growth

Question 1

How does sleep affect growth, cognitive functioning, and behavioral adjustment

Answer 1

• better attention and focus
• memory consolidation
• memory generalization
• extraction of implicit knowledge

Question 2

Why changes in start time in high school has proved important?

Answer 2

• increases attendance, grades
• less tardiness, falling asleep in class, caffeine consumption
• fewer motor vehicle crashes, depression symptoms

Question 3

how does nutrition affect healthy growth?

Answer 3

• fuel for growth
• nutrients critical for optimal development
• less distracted, more attentive

Question 4

puberty

Answer 4

• Set of biological processes that change the child into a sexually mature person
• Not one single event, but a process
• Many changes:
• • Skeletal growth, maturation of sex organs, fat and muscle composition and distribution, respiratory and circulatory systems, nervous and endocrine systems
• Timing: Girls: 10.5-15 Boy: 11.5-17
• • Timing of puberty is changing
• • Effects of health, nutrition, and stress