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Introduction to Growth and Development
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- Growth and Development
- Introduction to Growth and Development
- Physical Growth of Infants and Children
- Childhood Development
- Physical Growth and Sexual Maturation of Adolescents
- Adolescent Development
Physical growth is an increase in size. Development is growth in function and capability. Both processes highly depend on genetic, nutritional, and environmental factors.
As children develop physiologically and emotionally, it is useful to define certain age-based groups. The following terminology is used:
- Growth and Development
- Introduction to Growth and Development
- Physical Growth of Infants and Children
- Childhood Development
- Physical Growth and Sexual Maturation of Adolescents
- Adolescent Development
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