Friday, August 16, 2013

Effects Of Obesity Accumulate; Are Similar To Smoking

Study:  Obesity Responsible For 18 Percent Of U.S. Deaths by Nina Lincoff.  Healthline News.  August 15, 2013.

Damage From Obesity Is Cumulative--Age Matters.  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Newsroom.  February 26, 2013.

(1)  According to the World Health Organizations obesity rates have _______________ since 1980.

(2)  As the health problems of obese people mount with age or they die, the obese individuals who remain will often skew _____________________.  \

(3)  The lead researcher found that the impact on U.S. mortality appears much more_________________________.

(4)  The groups most at risk obesity-caused mortality were ________________.

(5)  The researcher indicated that "when people who are obese live to an advanced age, it probably indicates that ____________________________.

(6)  For women the mortality risk at age 55 was _________ increasing from ________ at age 45.


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