The School-Age Children Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. ability to perform motor skills accurately
  2. 5. having less than the recommended amount of sleep
  3. 6. substances that are produced and secreted through sweat; cause body odor through contact with bacteria on skin and clothing
  4. 8. desire to be like one's peers
  5. 10. muscle aches caused by muscles growing rapidly to catch up with increasing skeletal size during the school-age years
  6. 14. large teeth near the back of the haw that come in around size years of age and are used for grinding food
  7. 16. illness characterized by distorted behaviors and emotions about food and weight
  8. 17. condition in which one's diet supplies an excess, shortage, or imbalance of calories or one or more nutrients
  9. 18. process by which the body becomes capable of reproduction
Down
  1. 1. condition in which food is being eaten, but is continuously lacking one or more nutrients required to meet the body's needs
  2. 3. households that are regularly unable to supply healthful meals
  3. 4. period of rapid growth that heralds pubescence
  4. 7. foods containing hidden sources of solid fats, sodium, and added sugars
  5. 9. problems relating to the bones and muscles
  6. 11. ability to move, bend, and stretch easily
  7. 12. condition in which the body's ongoing intake of calories is more than is needed for good health
  8. 13. teeth that are intended to last a lifetime, are harder and less sharp than deciduous teeth
  9. 15. foods that are high in calories and low in nutrition