WHES 2082 - Children, Exercise & Nutrition

Credit Hours: 2.00

OBJECTIVES:

1. Evaluate current nutrition standards in the U.S.
2. Evaluate current physical fitness standards and fitness testing measures for children
3. Evaluate issues related to nutrition related concerns such as obesity and eating disorders

OUTCOME 2 - Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify growth and maturation trends of children from childhood through adolescence.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Identify growth and maturation trends from infancy through adolescence.
2. Identify variables related to affective/social development
3. Describe variables related to cognitive development
4. Evaluate the role of each domain of development as it relates to motor development
5. Identify the role of the child athlete and factors related to it
6. Describe the role of gender with growth and maturation

OUTCOME 3 - Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify childhood diseases along with injury epidemiology and prevention.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Identify childhood musculoskeletal disorders.
2. Describe typical disease processes in today’s society, their causes and how to prevent them
3. Evaluate the role of nutrition and physical activity and its role in obesity and type II diabetes and how to prevent them
4. Evaluate the types and causes of typical childhood injuries and how to prevent them

OUTCOME 4 - Upon completion of this course, students will be able to evaluate the role of societal/lifestyle and supplemental factors related to childhood.

Objectives:

1.Evaluate the role of the media and technology with activity and nutrition related concerns
2. Identify female related factors and their role with growth and development
3. Evaluate the role of schools and family and their relationship with activity and diet related issues

• Communication: The graduate can communicate effectively for the intended purpose and audience.
• Critical Thinking: The graduate can make informed decisions after analyzing information or evidence related to the issue.
• Global Literacy: The graduate can analyze human behavior or experiences through cultural, social, political, or economic perspectives.
• Information Literacy: The graduate can responsibly use information gathered from a variety of formats in order to complete a task.
• Quantitative Reasoning: The graduate can apply quantitative methods or evidence to solve problems or make judgments.
• Scientific Literacy: The graduate can produce or interpret scientific information presented in a variety of formats.

1. Motor Development
   1. Role of Wellness components
   2. Domains
   3. General terminology
   4. Effects of early stimulation
2. Cognitive domain and motor development
   1. Role of motor learning to language development
   2. Role of cognitive development to movement
   3. Cognitive and motor impairments
3. Social (affective) domain and motor development
   1. Role of the family
   2. Role of schools and physical education programs
   3. Role of peers, culture and community
4. Nutrition and child health
   1. Nutritional needs through the ages
   2. Gender differences
   3. Role in childhood obesity
   4. Relationship to academic performance
   5. Role of the family
   6. Role of the media
   7. Nutritional concerns
5. Aerobic and anaerobic fitness
   1. Strength development and training
   2. Muscular endurance
   3. Cardiovascular endurance
   4. Physiological changes
   5. Gender differences
6. Flexibility / strength / Cardiovascular endurance assessment
   1. Standards
   2. Changes in flexibility over time
7. Body composition, growth and maturation
   1. Gender differences
   2. Role of nutrition
8. Performance enhancement and training
   1. Physiological response
   2. Youth sports
   3. Sport specialization
   4. Role of nutrition
9. Children and disease
   1. Asthma
   2. Childhood obesity
   3. Juvenile and type II diabetes
   4. Prevention
   5. Role of nutrition
10. Biomechanics and skill acquisition
    1. Skills
11. Injuries: epidemiology, prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation
    1. Overuse injuries
    2. Injury differences between males and females
12. Non-orthopedic health concerns
    1. Eating disorders
       1. Role of media
       2. Role of schools
       3. Childhood nutritional standards
    2. Psychosocial issues