Adolescent Nutrition, Growth, and Development PDF

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This document provides a lecture on adolescent nutrition, growth, and development. It covers learning outcomes like describing growth and development during puberty, including sexual maturity, growth spurts, and changes in body composition and bone mass. The document also defines adolescence and explains the need to invest in the health of adolescents.

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Adolescent Nutrition, Growth and Development Dr. Megan Chong Hueh Zan Division of Nutrition & Dietetics International Medical University Learning Outcomes After this lecture, students would be able to: Describe growth and development during puberty sexual maturity and menarche...

Adolescent Nutrition, Growth and Development Dr. Megan Chong Hueh Zan Division of Nutrition & Dietetics International Medical University Learning Outcomes After this lecture, students would be able to: Describe growth and development during puberty sexual maturity and menarche growth spurt changes in body composition changes in bone mass Introduction Adolescents – young people between 10 - 19 years. Adolescents are sometimes designated as ‘children’ which applies to all individuals

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