The phrase "age adequate" is not commonly used in written English and may not be clear in meaning.
It could be used in contexts discussing whether something is suitable or appropriate for a certain age group, but it may require additional context for clarity.
Example: "The content of the movie is age adequate for children, making it suitable for family viewing."
Alternatives: "age appropriate" or "suitable for the age group".
At the time of the study, they still had age adequate reading levels.
Children in the CA control group had age adequate reading levels at the time of screening.
The best scoring child in the RD group still had 10 months of reading delay when compared with age adequate levels.
A year after the study, some CA children scored at age adequate reading levels, but a number of CA children had progressed even further and were better than the level expected at that age.
There is evidence available to suggest that breast milk could provide children aged < 6 months of age adequate essential nutrients as well as brings about a lower risk of infection due to the mother's immune system protection [ 31, 32].
The children without ADHD in this study showed age adequate planned movement, while the children with ADHD resembled the performance of younger children using "on-line" or immediate-feedback monitoring [ 5].
Other inclusion criteria included: ECOG performance status <2, evaluable or measurable disease (RECIST 1.1) (Eisenhauer et al, 2009), age ⩾18 years, adequate bone marrow, liver, and renal function, and systolic blood pressure (BP) <160 mm Hg and diastolic BP <90 mm Hg (two antihypertensive drugs allowed).
Entry criteria were: inferior margin within 15 cm of the anal verge and palpable on digital examination; World Health Organization (WHO) performance status 0-2; age 18-80 years; adequate hematologic (neutrophils >1500/mm), hepatic (bilirubin <2 upper normal limit), and renal (creatinine <150 μmol/L) function.
Other major inclusion criteria were as follows: age of 20 75 years; adequate organ function; and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) 0 or 1.
Children who displayed age-adequate expressive language skills later in development showed both an early and a late negative mismatch response (MMR) when processing the native language stress pattern as deviant in a passive oddball design.
Thus perhaps the programme should be revised and made more age-adequate for the youngest students?
