A Community Monitors the Obesity Rate in Children in Their

question 15

Multiple Choice

A community monitors the obesity rate in children in their schools. From this data they decide to institute an after-school exercise program. The purpose of this type of surveillance is to:

• A) Protect the children from diseases that affect obese children
• B) Teach parents that obesity will not be tolerated in this community
• C) Educate children on surveillance techniques
• D) Show that new clinical and effective protocols need to be developed

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Definitions:

Empiricism

The theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience and observation.

Randomly Occurring Patterns

Sequences or arrangements that appear without a specific order or plan, often perceived mistakenly as meaningful.

Significant

Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.

Self-Serving Bias

A common cognitive bias that causes individuals to see things in a way that favors themselves, often by attributing successes to personal skill and failures to external factors.