Causes of Short Stature in Children Quiz

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What are the primary contributing influences to children being unusually short?

Parental height, birth order, education level, and cultural background

Congenital factors, growth hormone deficiency, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and emotional difficulty (correct)

Environmental factors, dietary issues, lack of exercise, and excessive screen time

Social factors, academic pressure, lack of sleep, and excessive sugar consumption

What is growth hormone deficiency?

A deficiency of vitamin D causing stunted growth

An excess of growth hormone causing rapid growth spurt

The absence or deficiency of growth hormone produced by the pituitary gland to stimulate the body to grow (correct)

A condition where the body produces too much insulin, inhibiting growth

Without treatment, what is the potential height outcome for most children with growth hormone deficiency?

They will be slightly shorter than average height

They will experience a growth spurt in adolescence

They will not reach a height of five feet (correct)

They will reach a height of six feet or taller

Why are twice as many boys as girls treated with growth hormone for short stature?

There is a greater stigma attached to boys being short Signup and view all the answers

What did a recent study reveal about growth hormone treatment in childhood for children born small for gestational age or short in stature?

Five years of growth hormone treatment in childhood was linked to an increase to close to average height Signup and view all the answers

Most children with growth hormone deficiency will not reach a height of five ______

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Twice as many boys as girls are treated with growth hormone, likely because there is a greater stigma attached to boys being ______

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A recent study of children born small for gestational age or short in stature revealed that five years of growth hormone treatment in childhood was linked to an increase to close to average ______

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Growth hormone deficiency is the absence or deficiency of growth hormone produced by the pituitary gland to stimulate the body to ______

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The primary contributing influences to children being unusually short are congenital factors (genetic or prenatal problems), growth hormone deficiency, a physical problem that develops in childhood, maternal smoking during pregnancy, or an emotional ______

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Causes of Short Stature in Children Quiz

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What are the primary contributing influences to children being unusually short?

What is growth hormone deficiency?

Without treatment, what is the potential height outcome for most children with growth hormone deficiency?

Why are twice as many boys as girls treated with growth hormone for short stature?

What did a recent study reveal about growth hormone treatment in childhood for children born small for gestational age or short in stature?

Most children with growth hormone deficiency will not reach a height of five ______

Twice as many boys as girls are treated with growth hormone, likely because there is a greater stigma attached to boys being ______

A recent study of children born small for gestational age or short in stature revealed that five years of growth hormone treatment in childhood was linked to an increase to close to average ______

Growth hormone deficiency is the absence or deficiency of growth hormone produced by the pituitary gland to stimulate the body to ______

The primary contributing influences to children being unusually short are congenital factors (genetic or prenatal problems), growth hormone deficiency, a physical problem that develops in childhood, maternal smoking during pregnancy, or an emotional ______

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