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Physical Development of Children from 12 to 18 Years: Puberty, Growth Spurt, Menstruation, and Body Image

Increased knowledge on the physical, cognitive and psychosocial development in adolescence

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This presentation discusses the physical development of children from 12 to 18 years old, including puberty, growth spurt, menstruation, and body image. It covers the onset of puberty, adolescent growth spurt, and menarche in girls, and the development of boys. The presentation also highlights the impact of these changes on body image and self-esteem.

Physical Development of Children from 12 to 18 Years: Puberty, Growth Spurt, Menstruation, and Body Image

Increased knowledge on the physical, cognitive and psychosocial development in adolescence

   Added on 2023-06-10

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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF
CHILDREN DURING THE AGE GTOM
12 YEARS TO 18 YEARS
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Introduction:
• Adolescence is the word that is mainly used to describe the transition
between the childhood as well as adulthood
• encompasses the age from twelve to that of nineteen
• tremendous change as well as discovery of the individuals as at this stage,
emotional, physical and even intellectual growth takes place at a dizzying
speed
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Puberty:
• the time of the adolescence when rapid physical development takes place
by the signaling of the end of childhood and the beginning of the sexual
maturity
• begin at different period in case of different people, the boys and girls
after the completion of this phase becomes matured enough for sexual
reproduction
• speed may vary from one to another
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Puberty (contd.)
• hormones are mainly seen to be the contributing factor for the
development
• development of the primary sex characters that involves the structures
that are directly involved in sexual reproduction
• secondary sex character development that mainly involves the secondary
sex characters which are actually the structures that are indirectly
involved in reproduction
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