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Peer reviewedMalina, Robert M. – Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 1971
This study measured the skinfold thickness of Negro and white children for one year. No sex or race related trend was apparent. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Growth Patterns, Physical Development, Whites
Lamb, David R.; and others – Res Quart AAHPER, 1969
Study financed by National Institutes of Health Grant HD-00963-02.
Descriptors: Growth Patterns, Physical Activities, Physical Development, Physical Fitness
Peer reviewedPatterson, Linda – Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 1971
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Ethnic Groups, Growth Patterns, Nutrition
Peer reviewedBrasel, Jo Anne; Winick, M. – Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1972
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Growth Patterns, Hunger, Medical Research
Peer reviewedDacou-Voutetakis, C.; And Others – Journal of Pediatrics, 1974
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Children, Congenital Impairments, Exceptional Child Research
Download full textNational Institutes of Health (DHEW), Bethesda, MD. – 1972
The discussion of genetic and environmental factors in the growth of children from infancy to adolescence focuses on intrauterine life, the effects of nutrition, hormones, illness, and emotion in the childhood years, and obesity and puberty in adolescents. Described are processes, such as amniocentesis, for monitoring the physiology chemistry of…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Exceptional Child Education, Genetics, Growth Patterns
Peer reviewedRundle, A. T.; Sylvester, P. E. – Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 1973
Assessed was the applicability to 69 mentally retarded boys (10-to 17-years-old) of a previously developed formula for calculating the puberal maturity of adolescents. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Growth Patterns, Males, Maturation
Robinson, Saul J.; Bayer, Leona M. – Child Develop, 1969
Research supported by National Institute of Mental Health grant 5-PO-1-HE-06311-06-HEP.
Descriptors: Child Development, Congenital Impairments, Growth Patterns, Heart Disorders
Lerrigo, Marion O.; And Others – 1968
This pamphlet discusses changes in adolescence and is intended for junior high school use. The changes in adolescence are just presented in general. Each chapter goes into detail on separate issues. Chapter Two is a general description of growth, the awkward body stages that adolescents reach. Chapters Three and Four discuss steps toward womanhood…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Behavior, Emotional Development
Southard, 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 reviewedMendilaharzu, Hernan; And Others – Journal of Pediatrics, 1973
A boy misdiagnosed as having the sodium-losing form of virilizing adrenal hyperplasia was treated with large doses of glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids from the newborn period until he was more than 4 years of age. (Author)
Descriptors: Diseases, Exceptional Child Research, Growth Patterns, Medical Case Histories
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Pueschel, Siegfried M. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Descriptors: Body Weight, Downs Syndrome, Drafting, Exceptional Child Research
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 reviewedWalker, Alexander R. P.; Richardson, Barbara D. – American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1973
Describes a study which compared the height, weight, and prevalence of protein-calorie malnutrition in South African Negro and white preschool children from rural and urban communities. (SF)
Descriptors: Blacks, Ethnic Groups, Growth Patterns, Guides
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Rundle, A. T. – Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 1972
Descriptors: Age, Child Development, Downs Syndrome, Drafting
