Your homework for the weekend is to complete Assignment 20. See below for the questions and reading choices.
Obesity: A Personal and Public Health Issue
Read at least one of the articles on the class website and answer the following question to the best of your ability in complete sentences.
1. What is obesity?
2. What are the causes of obesity?
3. Why do you think that obesity has become an issue in the United States recently?
4. Why is obesity a problem for an individual? What consequences are associated with it?
5. Why is obesity a problem for a population/society? What consequences are associated with it?
6. How can (or should) individuals deal with obesity? What are the potential benefits/challenges associated with these interventions?
7. How can (or should) populations/societies deal with obesity? What are the potential benefits/challenges associated with these interventions?
Topics on Obesity
Our Absurd Fear of Fat - NY Times
Warnings From a Flabby Mouse - NY Times
Children in U.S. Are Eating Fewer Calories, Study Finds - NY Times
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