Deven Gonzalez Assignment 2.01 1. Which five statistics surprised you the most and/or caused you to be most concerned and why ? Only 35 – 44% of adults 75 years or older are physically active, and 28-34% of adults ages 65-74 are physically active. This surprised me because the older people are more active. Children now spend more than seven and a half hours a day in front of a screen.
Coach Call Biology 2 April 2012 Prader – Willi Syndrome Prader-Willi Syndrome or PWS is a genetic disease that is congenital, or present from birth. People with PWS are obese, have reduced muscle tone, and produce little to no sex hormones. It is caused by a missing part of chromosome 15, most patients are missing this part form their father’s gene, and have two copies of their mother’s gene. Patients usually have no family history of this disease. PWS affects one in 10,000 to 25,000 live births.
INCORRECT Family history of diabetes is not considered a risk factor unless it is a first degree relative. B) Youngest child weighed 4300 grams at 39 weeks gestation. CORRECT Birth of an infant over 9 pounds (~ 4.1 kg or 4100 grams) is a risk factor for gestational diabetes. Other risk factors include maternal age older than 25, obesity, history of unexplained stillborn, family history of Type 1 diabetes in a first-degree
They were 63 years old when they died in 1874. The term Siamese Twins is now not accurate because people all over the world have conjoined twins. The correct term now would be Conjoined twins. (Spencer)(twinsworld.com) How Conjoined Twins are Formed Conjoined twin are genetically identical, so they are always the same sex. When identical twins should be formed, the egg does not fully split therefore creating conjoined twins.
A third of children more than 7,000 children who were overweight in kindergarten were obese by eighth grade. And almost every child who was very obese remained that way. Some obese or overweight kindergartners lost their excess weight, and some children of normal weight got fat over the years. But every year, the chances that a child would slide into or out of being overweight or obese diminished. By age 11, there were few additional changes: Those who were obese or overweight stayed that way, and those whose weight was normal did not become fat.
Unit 7 Assignment: The Popular Culture of Albinism Cierra Patrice Wilkerson CS204-27 Kaplan University July 1, 2014 Group culture Albinism is a skin condition present at birth and passed on from the parents to the offspring. It is a condition resulting from a significant reduction or absence of pigmentations in the skin, hair, and eyes. Individuals with this condition are fair-skinned and fair-haired most often with blue eyes taking on the tones of purple or red in bright light. This striking appearance has fascinated humankind for centuries, drawing reactions ranging from veneration to alienation (National Organization for Albinism and Hyperpigmentation, 2010). The society’s attitude towards albinism tremendously affects the individual and their immediate family.
We inherit a complete set of genes from each parent, which results in pairs of genes. Every parent either contributes a normal gene or a mutated gene. Gene pairs, then, can consist of two mutated genes, two normal genes, or one mutated gene and one normal gene. Because the affected gene (found on the number 7 chromosome) is a recessive gene, one must inherit two copies of the affected gene in order to have the disease. If you inherit only one affected gene than you will not have Cystic Fibrosis but you will be a ‘carrier’.
Raising an only child has its opponents and its supporters, but a balanced level of parental involvement can lead to a well behaved, emotional strong child, that achieve higher scores in intelligence and achievement motivation compared to children from larger families. Hall’s comments are very disconcerting to me, being the father of an only-child. No one has done more to disprove Hall’s stereotype than Toni Falbo, a professor of educational psychology and sociology at the University of Texas. Twenty-five years ago, she and colleague Denise Polit conducted a meta-analysis of 115 studies of only children from 1925 onward that considered developmental outcomes of adjustment, character, sociability, achievement, and intelligence. Those studies showed that singletons aren’t measurably different from other kids – except that they, along with firstborns and people who have only one sibling, score higher in measures of intelligence and achievement (Sandler 3).
Researches say pervasive development disorders occur in about five to 15 children per 10,000 births. PDDs are most common in boys than in girls, with the exception of Rett's syndrome, which occurs almost always in girls. How are pervasive development disorders diagnosed? If a child is showing signs of having a Pervasive development disorder, the doctor will do an evaluation by doing a medical history and physical exam. There are no laboratory tests to diagnose a PDD, the doctor may use different tests such as X-rays and blood tests to determine if there is a physical disorder causing the
Does transracial adoption affect child development? In the early 20th century most children that were adopted in the US were non-Latino white infants. Most adoptive parents were non-Latino white couples from the middle to upper class. Relaxed abortion laws and more accessible contraception decreased the amount of white babies that are put up for adoption and more diverse couples began looking at adoption as an option (Santrock 2013). Issues began to arise about whether or not transracial adoptions could hinder a childs development in any way (Bernards).