Human growth and development / edited by Noel Cameron and Barry Bogin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cameron, Noël.

Bogin, Barry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human growth.

Developmental psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (625 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offering a study of biological, biomedical and biocultural approaches, the second edition of Human Growth and Development is a valued resource for researchers, professors and graduate students across the interdisciplinary area of human development. With timely chapters on obesity, diet / lifestyle, and genetics, this edition is the only publication offering a biological, biomedical and biocultural approach. The second edition of Human Growth and Development includes contributions from the well-known experts in the field and is the most reputable, comprehensive resource availab

Contents:

Front Cover; Dedication; Human Growth and Development; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; USING THIS BOOK; THE LECTURES AND LECTURERS; EDITORS' PERSONAL STATEMENTS; CODA; REFERENCES; Chapter 1 - The Human Growth Curve, Canalization and Catch-Up Growth; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; 1.3 THE DISTANCE CURVE OF GROWTH; 1.4 THE VELOCITY GROWTH CURVE AND GROWTH SPURTS; 1.5 OTHER PATTERNS OF GROWTH; 1.6 GROWTH VERSUS MATURITY; 1.7 THE CONTROL OF GROWTH; 1.8 GROWTH REFERENCE CHARTS; 1.9 CANALIZATION; 1.10 CATCH-UP GROWTH; 1.11 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES

SUGGESTED READINGINTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 2 - Growth in Infancy and Childhood: A Pediatric Approach; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 THE GROWTH CURVE; 2.3 CHANGES IN BODY FAT AND OTHER TISSUES; 2.4 MEASUREMENTS OF CLINICAL IMPORTANCE; 2.5 SOME PARTICULAR FEATURES OF GROWTH DURING INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD; 2.6 GROWTH PROBLEMS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD; 2.7 CAUSES OF SHORT STATURE; 2.8 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; INTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 3 - Adolescent Growth; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE ADOLESCENT GROWTH CYCLE; 3.3 TEMPO OF GROWTH; 3.4 GROWTH MODELING AND BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS

3.5 INDIVIDUAL VERSUS AVERAGE GROWTH3.6 SEX DIFFERENCES IN GROWTH; 3.7 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED READING; Chapter 4 - Puberty; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 THE NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY OF PUBERTY; 4.3 UPSTREAM FACTORS INFLUENCING PUBERTAL TIMING; 4.4 DOWNSTREAM CONSEQUENCES OF PUBERTAL ACTIVATION OF THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-GONADAL AXIS; 4.5 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED READING; INTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 5 - Endocrine Control of Growth; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 WHY DO ANIMALS GROW?; 5.3 WHAT CAUSES ANIMALS TO GROW?; 5.4 STRUCTURE OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR

5.5 TARGETED DISRUPTION OF THE INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR GENES5.6 GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; 5.7 INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR DEFICIENCY; 5.8 THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS; 5.9 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED READING; INTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 6 - Nutrition and Growth; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 NUTRITION FOR STUDENTS OF GROWTH; 6.3 NUTRITION AND GROWTH; 6.4 TRANSITIONS IN NUTRITION AND GROWTH; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED READING; INTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 7 - Genomics, Epigenetics and Growth; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 GENOMIC FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE AND REGULATE GROWTH; 7.3 MUTATIONS IN GENES

7.4 ASSOCIATION STUDIES7.5 EPIGENETIC FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE AND REGULATE GROWTH; 7.6 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 8 - The Genetic Epidemiology of Growth and Development; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 STATISTICAL GENETIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS; 8.3 STUDY DESIGNS; 8.4 STUDIES OF THE GENETICS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; 8.5 EXAMPLES FROM THE FELS LONGITUDINAL STUDY; 8.6 SUMMARY; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED READING; INTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 9 - Social and Economic Effects on Growth; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 SOCIOECONOMIC INFLUENCES; 9.3 CONSEQUENCES OF STATURE; REFERENCES

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-73485-0

0-12-384651-X

OCLC:

795120449