HEALTH CONCERNS
BY: CHRISI PRICE
HEARING
- WELL DEVELOPED BY MIDDLE AGE
- AWAREMESS OF MIDRANGE SOUNDS DEVELOP FIRST
- SECOND, HIGH AND LOW RANGED
- BY 11, AUDITORY AWARENESS OF ADULTS
- BE AWARE OF EAR INFECTIONS- IF LEFT UNTREATED CAN CAUSE PERMANENT HEARING DAMAGE
VISION
- BY AGE 6, MOST KIDS ARE READY TO READ
- CAN SEE AN OBJECT WITH BOTH EYES AT SAME TIME
- ABILITY TO FOCUS IMPROVES
- COMMON VISION PROBLEMS
- ~FARSIGHTED-CANT SEE OBJECT CLOSE TO YOUR FACE BUT CAN SEE FAR AWAY
- ~NEARSIGHTED-CANT SEE OBJECT FAR AWAY FROM FACE BUT CAN SEE CLOSE
- THE MORE TIME KIDS SPEND ENGAGED IN READING AND CLOSE-UP WORK GREATER CHANCES OF BECOMING NEARSIGHTED
- 25% OF CHILDREN WILL NEED TO HAVE VISION CORRCETED BY END OF SCHOOL YEARS
- VISION SHOULD BE CHECKED REGULARLY
TEETH
- BEING LOSING BABY TEETH IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
- BY AGE 12, ALL 20N OF BABY TEETH SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH PERMANENT TEETH
- AT FIRST WILL SEEM OUT OF PROPORTION UNTIL CHILDS' FACIAL BONES ARE DONE GROWING
- TOOTH DECAY IS A COMMON PROBLEM
OBESITY
- EXCESSIVE BODILY FAT
- 25% OF CHILDREN ARE OBESE
- TEASTED FOR WIEGTH
- LACK OF SELF ESTEEM
- OVERWIEGTGH CHILDREN BECOME OVERWIEGTH ADULTS
- FAMILY DISORDER
- MUST MAKE HEALTHIER FOOD CHOICES
- CONTROL PORTIONS AND EXERCISE MORE