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Tonight's homework is to study for tomorrow's quiz.

Assignment #32 - Diet and Health Quiz Review

Answer all of the following questions to the best of your ability.

1. What is hypertension? How can one’s diet affect its progression?

2. What is diabetes? How can one’s diet affect its progression?

3. What is atherosclerosis? How can one’s diet affect its progression?

4. How is atherosclerosis related to cholesterol?

5. What is cancer? How can one’s diet affect its progression?

6. How is cancer related to DNA?

7. Place the following diseases in order according to which causes the most deaths each year.

Cancer                        Diabetes         Heart disease

8. Why does your body’s cells require glucose?

9. What is the role of insulin in the body? How is it related to chronic disease?

10. What is the glycemic index of a food? How does it relate to chronic disease?

11. What are the differences between Type I and II diabetes?

12. How prevalent is obesity and/or being overweight?

13. Describe at least two factors that can impact someone’s risk of obesity later in life.

14. Why should we be concerned with the obesity epidemic?