Monday, May 20, 2013

Chemical Makeup of Breath: Clue To Conditions Including Obesity

Obese Kids Have Different Breath Than Skinny Ones, Study Says by Ryan Jaslow.  CBS News.  May 20, 2013.

Read the article and test your recall with the quiz.

(1)  Researchers in this preliminary study found differences in concentrations of more than _____ compounds comparing breathprints from lean and overweight children.

(2)  With such a test doctors may be able to tell parents the disease ________ that the child may face if their physical condition is not improved.

(3)  The concentrations measured in the breath are _______ ______ __________, which are byproducts of the metabolic breakdowns that occur in the body.

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