PSY 104 Week 3 DQ 1 Nutrition and Youth

Review the information about nutrition, physical activity, and obesity provided by the Centers for Disease Control. Visit the various links provided by the CDC on nutrition, physical activity, obesity in America, and effects of weight on health and emotions for everyone and health professionals. You may also include information from the required readings on brain and motor development.

List three important facts health professionals need to communicate to the community about healthy child and adolescent development. Provide specific explanation on why each of these facts is vital for people to know.

List three important facts that you can use to change your life or your family’s or that you could use to help your friends or community. Provide specific explanation on changes you or others can make based upon each of these facts.

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Locate an article on either a child or adolescent with a physical disability (brain or motor. Alternatively, you could also interview someone you know who is a parent of a child or adolescent with a physical disability.

From your reading and/or discussions, explain what aspects of development are connected with the disability. Additionally, answer at least 2 of the following questions in your posting:

How does the physical disability affect overall brain or motor development?

How does the physical disability affect the family?

How old was the person when the physical disability was diagnosed? Explain what differences might have occurred in the person’s development if the disability would have been found earlier.

Is the cause known for the disability? If it is, what is it? If it is, what treatment or interventions, if any, might have prevented the disability?

PSY 104 Week 3 DQ 1 Nutrition and Youth