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Using the Link Provided in This Chapter, Go to the Body

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Using the link provided in this chapter, go to the body mass index (BMI) calculator on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's website and calculate your BMI. You do NOT have to state this in your response. Are you satisfied with the results? Why or why not? Describe your strategy for maintaining or improving your BMI over the next year.


Definitions:

Pathophysiology

The study of how normal physiological processes are affected by disease, leading to the functional changes associated with health conditions.

Exocytosis

A process by which a cell transports secretory products through the cytoplasm to the plasma membrane and then into the extracellular environment.

Recessive Gene

A type of gene that is not expressed in the phenotype unless it is present on both chromosomes of a pair, overshadowed by dominant genes when in combination.

Dominant Gene

A gene that expresses its phenotypic effect even when heterozygous with a recessive gene.

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