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Peer reviewedDacou-Voutetakis, C.; And Others – Journal of Pediatrics, 1974
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Children, Congenital Impairments, Exceptional Child Research
Download full textSouthard, Helen – 1966
This pamphlet describes the process of human growth from conception to adolescence and is designed for use in grades four through six. Chapter One discusses growth and Chapter Two discusses the beginning of life. Chapter Three is concerned with growth from conception on to birth. The birth of the babies, both human and other mammals, and helping…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Emotional Development, Growth Patterns
Peer reviewedBrucefors, Agneta; And Others – Human Development, 1974
From a longitudinal sample of 202 children studied from birth to 8 years of age, two extreme groups were selected. One group had a more rapid development than normal and the other a slower development. A relationship between the development of abilities and weight and height increases was found for boys aged 4 weeks to 2 years and between the…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Growth Patterns
Peer reviewedRarick, G. L.; Seefeldt, V. – Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 1974
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Height, Children, Downs Syndrome
Rarick, G. Lawrence; Dobbins, D. Alan – 1974
A motor performance typology of boys and girls (ages 6-10 years) was developed, based on four factors extracted by factor analysis from data on 47 physical growth and motor performance variables. Nineteen variables which best described the four factor-defined components were used in formulating the person-clusters (typologies) following Tryon's…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Classification, Cluster Grouping
Peer reviewedLatorre, H.; And Others – Journal of Pediatrics, 1974
Descriptors: Adolescents, Biochemistry, Child Development, Children
Peer reviewedAmes, Louise Bates; Gillespie, Clyde – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1973
The paper presented the case of a 9-year-old boy whose physical appearance and behavior were those of a 6-year-old, and questioned whether he should be diagnosed as immature or defective. (Author/GW)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Child Development, Children
PDF pending restorationZauner, Christian W.; Benson, Norma Y. – 1977
This investigation sought to determine whether the excellent performer evolves from typical material through training or if he brings facilitating characteristics with him to practice on the first day. Subjects were highly successful AAU age-group competitors who had invested at least 50 percent of their lives in swim training. These seven female…
Descriptors: Athletes, Children, Exercise (Physiology), Growth Patterns
Gilliam, Thomas B. – 1976
Childhood obesity starts at a very early age, and preventive measures taken early enough may retard the development of fat cells. It appears that physical activity plays an important role in reducing obesity. The activity program must start early, in preschool days. It is felt that screening children for obesity when they first enter school and…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Cardiovascular System, Children, Exercise (Physiology)
Young, Harben Boutourline – 1972
This annual report of the Yale Project describes the progress made on the nutrition and growth study of Tunisian children from September 1, 1971 through August 31, 1972. The report details: (1) the progress in analysis of the cross-sectional study data, which was completed as of June 30, 1972, and (2) the development of the present longitudinal…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cross Sectional Studies, Developing Nations
Young, Harben Boutourline – 1973
This interim report of the Yale Project describes the progress made on the nutrition and growth study of Tunisian children from September 1, 1972 through February 28, 1973. A major part of the report is devoted to the organizational and data collection problems of the longitudinal study, discussed under the following categories: biomedics,…
Descriptors: Children, Cross Sectional Studies, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Malina, Robert M.; And Others – 1974
The fifth in a series of reports presenting analyses and discussions of data on height, weight, and 28 other body measurements taken from a probability sample of noninstitutionalized children in the United States aged 6-11 years, this document compares the growth patterns of white and Negro children for 20 body measurements. Emphasis is placed on…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Black Youth, Body Height, Body Weight
Meredith, Howard V. – 1977
This booklet pertains to the size and the form of the human body in infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Historic and current information is presented for individuals in population groups of the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. Differences in size and growth patterns between urban and rural individuals of the same racial…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Order, Body Height, Body Weight
