According to the Feature in Your Text Titled "Are Children

question 122

Multiple Choice

According to the feature in your text titled "Are Children Too Overweight?" researchers predicted that overweight children will have a higher rate of heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and death in adulthood, even if they slim down before adulthood. The data from this study _____.

• A) disproved the hypothesis
• B) were inconclusive
• C) supported the hypothesis
• D) could not be replicated

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Definitions:

Health Risks

Potential factors or behaviors that can lead to illness or adverse health outcomes.

Sneezes and Coughs

Reflex actions that clear the respiratory passages of irritants and secretions, often indicative of an underlying health condition or response to environmental factors.

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

World Hunger

The global situation characterized by the inability of a significant portion of the world's population to access sufficient food for a healthy and active life.