The Growing Child
Growth not only involves length and weight of a body, but also includes
internal growth and development. A child's brain will grow the most during
the first 5 years of life, reaching 90 percent of its final size. Growth
also affects different parts of the body at different rates; the head
reaches almost its entire size by age 1. Throughout childhood, a child's
body becomes more proportional to other parts of his/her body. Growth is
complete between the ages of 16 and 18, at which time the growing ends of
bones fuse.
Listed in the directory below you will find additional information
regarding growth at different ages and stages of a child's life, for which
we have provided a brief overview.
If you cannot find the information in which you are interested, please
visit the Growth and Development Online Resources
page in this Web site for an Internet/World Wide Web address that may
contain additional information on that topic.
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