Jaron Is an Overweight Five-Year-Old

question 161

Multiple Choice

Jaron is an overweight five-year-old. If his experience is typical of children in the United States, we can expect Jaron to be:

• A) slimming down by age 14 but overweight as an adult.
• B) obese at age 14 and overweight as an adult.
• C) overweight at age 14 and in adulthood.
• D) overweight at age 14 but then slimming down in young adulthood.

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Definitions:

Infancy

The period in a human's life from birth to the age of walking and talking; the earliest stage of childhood.

Adolescence

A developmental stage that occurs between childhood and adulthood, marked by significant physical, psychological, and social changes.

Guided Participation

A teaching method where an experienced person helps a learner by gradually adjusting the level of support as the learner's competence increases.

Vygotsky

A theorist known for emphasizing the social and cultural context in the development of cognition, highlighting the importance of language and social interaction.