Sexual maturation
This is a period of sexual maturation
What is puberty?
During adolescence this is the body moving upward and outward rapidly
What is a growth spurt?
This is the term for someone who is a year and a half ahead of average maturing rates
What is an early maturer?
Adolescence is a high time for this type of problem
What is an eating disorder?
This was the amount of slides in the presentation
What is 5?
This is the master gland of the body; it activates other glands and controls the growth hormones
What is the pituitary gland?
This is a time of maximum devlopment
What is adolescence?
This gender has a high self-esteem when they are early maturers
What is male?
These kinds of pressure push teens to act irrationally concerning weight problems
What are societal pressure?
This is the host of the Jeopardy TV show
Alex Trebek
The effects of these are not clear-cut on an adolescent's emotional state
What are hormones?
These are the rates at which physical growth occurs in different parts of the body
What are different rates?
Late, female maturers have a high this
What is self-esteem?
This type of eating disorder is when someone eats very little
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
This was the name that came last in the beginning slide of the presentation
Who is Eric Varner?
This is the age range for when puberty starts for males
What is 9-14 years old?
Growth spurts occur earlier for this gender
What are females?
This is a technical term for early maturation
What is precocious puberty?
This is the type of eating disorder with binges followed by purges
What is Bulimia Nervosa?
Describe the 2nd picture in the presentation
Check the picture
This is the percentage of sexual maturity that occurs after puberty starts
What is 90%?
On average teenagers are this much taller than they were 100 years ago
What is 6 inches?
This was the age a century ago when females would first hit puberty
What is 16 years old?
These are the three different types of eating disorders
What are Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder?
This state is the Pine Tree State
What is Maine?