Kathleen Stassen Berger The Developing Person Through the Life Span Eighth Edition Part V Adolescence: Biosocial Development Chapter Fourteen Puberty Begins Nutrition The Transformations of Puberty

Puberty Begins Unseen Beginnings –Sex Hormones –Body Rhythms A VIEW FROM SCIENCE: Get Real

Puberty Begins Age and Puberty –Genes and Gender –Body Fat –Stress

Puberty Begins Too Early, Too Late –Girls –Boys –Ethnic Differences

Nutrition Diet Deficiencies –Choices Made –Body Image Eating Disorders –Anorexia Nervosa –Bulimia Nervosa –Origins of Disordered Eating

The Transformations of Puberty Growing Bigger and Stronger –Sequence: Weight, Height, Muscles –Organ Growth Sexual Maturation –Sexual Characteristics –Sexual Activity

The Transformations of Puberty Problems with Sexual Activity –Sex Too Soon –Sexual Abuse –Sexually Transmitted Infections

The Transformations of Puberty Neurological Development –Caution Needed A CASE TO STUDY: “What Were You Thinking?” –Benefits of Adolescent Brain Development