Which of the Following Statements Is Correctly Associated with Obesity

question 57

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is correctly associated with obesity in children and adolescents?

• A) Obese adolescents are at a greater risk in adulthood for all-cause mortality than their nonobese peers
• B)Most of the major adverse health effects of excess body fat during childhood appear to be medical, rather than social and psychological
• C) Cardiovascular disease is the primary concern for obese children, with social and psychological
• Effects of the condition being secondary factors
• D) Fifty percent of adolescents and children in the U.S. are carrying too much body fat for optimal health

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Definitions:

Social Inequality

The presence of unequal chances and benefits for various social roles or statuses within a community or society.

Hunting And Gathering

An ancient subsistence strategy involving the hunting of animals and foraging of plant life, oftentimes practiced by nomadic societies.

Foraging Societies

Those in which people live by searching for wild plants and hunting wild animals. Such societies predominated until about 10,000 years ago. Inequality, the division of labor, productivity, and settlement size are very low in such societies.

Service Sector

A segment of the economy that involves providing services rather than producing goods, including industries like banking, healthcare, and education.