​If Using BMI to Define Obesity and Overweight, Then at Least

question 116

Multiple Choice

​If using BMI to define obesity and overweight, then at least _____ of adults are overweight and obese in the US.

• A) ​20%
• B) ​34%
• C) ​55%
• D) ​70%

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Definitions:

Massachusetts Bay Company

A joint-stock trading company chartered in 1629 to establish a colony in New England; played a key role in the settlement and development of Massachusetts.

Dutch West India Company

A chartered company of Dutch merchants in the 17th century that established and directed trade throughout the Atlantic, including the slave trade and the settlement of New Netherland, now New York.

Powhatan

The leader of the Powhatan Confederacy, a network of tribal nations in what is now Virginia, who played a significant role in the early interactions between Native American peoples and English settlers in the 17th century.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine is a historic city in Florida, known for being the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the continental United States.