Which of the Following Statements About Being Overweight Is TRUE

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about being overweight is TRUE?

• A)Being overweight as a child is a strong predictor of being overweight as an adolescent.
• B)Numbers of overweight emerging adults,as well as children and adolescents,have increased recently.
• C)African American girls and Latino boys have especially high rates of being overweight in adolescence.
• D)All of these choices are correct.

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