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| Secular Trends in Physical Growth |
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| Changes in body size from one generation to the next. |
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| A condition in which the upper and lower teeth do not meet properly. |
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| A greater-than-20-percent increase over healthy weight, based on body mass index (BMI)—a ratio of weight to height associated with body fat. A BMI above the 85th percentile for a child’s age and sex is considered overweight, a BMI above the 95th percentile obese. |
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| Bedwetting during the night. |
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| Friendly chasing and play-fighting. |
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| A stable ordering of group members that predicts who will win when conflict arises. |
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