Which of the Following Statements Is Correct About Childhood Obesity

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is correct about childhood obesity?

• A)Heredity is an important factor in the development of obesity.
• B)Childhood obesity in the United States is decreasing.
• C)Childhood obesity is the result of inactivity.
• D)Childhood obesity can be attributed to an underlying disease in most cases.

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Definitions:

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a dataset, a simple measure of the spread or dispersion of the data points.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the dispersion or spread of a set of data points.

Variance

A statistical measure of the dispersion of a set of data points in a data set.

Deviations

The differences between observed values and the average of those values within a dataset.