By the Time the Average Child Reaches Their Twelfth Birthday

question 8

Multiple Choice

By the time the average child reaches their twelfth birthday, they will weigh about ____ pounds and be about ____ inches tall.

• A) ​120; 48
• B) ​75; 52
• C) ​150; 72
• D) ​90; 60

Understand the foundational concepts and differences between nutrition education and nutrition counseling.

Identify strategies to improve dietary habits and behavior change.

Recognize the importance of empathy and congruence in the counselor-client relationship.

Evaluate the influence of the counselor-client relationship on counseling outcomes.

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Definitions:

Mean

A measure of central tendency that is calculated by adding all numbers in a data set and dividing by the number of observations.

Median

Value of a variable that splits a distribution of scores in half, with the same number of scores above the median as below.

Standard Deviation

A statistic used to determine the degree of spread or variation among data values in a series.