Growth & Brain Development
Boys and girls in middle childhood grow about this many inches per year.
What is a little over 2 inches?
The USDA replaced the Food Pyramid in 2011 with this nutritional guide.
What is MyPlate?
By age 6 or 7, children can typically do this everyday task involving shoes.
What is tie their shoelaces?
This childhood respiratory disorder involves lung spasms and wheezing.
What is asthma?
This disorder is characterized by inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity.
What is ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)?
Average weight gain per year between ages 6 and 12 is about this much.
What is 5–7 pounds per year?
More than this fraction of U.S. children and adolescents are overweight or obese.
What is more than one-third?
These motor skills involve balance, coordination, and strength for activities like sports.
What are gross motor skills?
Asthma is more likely to be serious or lethal among children from this socioeconomic group.
What is lower socioeconomic status?
ADHD is about this many times more common in boys than girls.
What is twice as common?
This part of the brain shows dramatic development during middle childhood and is responsible for executive functions.
What is the frontal lobe?
These two environmental factors strongly contribute to childhood obesity.
What are lack of physical activity and unhealthy diet?
(Also acceptable: large portion sizes, sugary drinks, excessive TV watching)
Girls tend to show more of this compared to boys during middle childhood.
What is flexibility or limb coordination?
A family history of this condition increases a child’s risk of developing asthma.
What is asthma (or allergies)?
These medications, such as Ritalin, are commonly used to treat ADHD.
What are stimulants?
This ability refers to thinking logically and solving new problems.
What is fluid reasoning?
Children who were once overweight often have more of these, which makes them feel hungry sooner.
What are fat cells?
Two out of three American children do not meet standards set by this council.
What is the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition?
This early-life factor is linked to increased obesity risk when absent.
What is breastfeeding?
This therapy focuses on modeling, role-playing, and self-instruction to improve self-control.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
Between ages 6 and 12, children lose these and gain permanent ones.
What are primary (baby) teeth?
This percentage range represents obesity rates among 2–19-year-olds in the U.S.
What is about 18–19%?
This type of exercise (like running or swimming) improves cardiac and muscular fitness more than start-and-stop sports.
What is continuous exercise?
Stress and strong emotional reactions can contribute to this behavior related to weight gain.
What is overeating?
This learning disability affects reading and involves phonological processing difficulties.
What is dyslexia?