Exam 8: Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: An Issue for Public Health Policy

Physical activity data trends are not as clear as those related to energy intake due to a lack of adequate surveillance activities.

The Let's Move! campaign is the most significant and widespread governmental public awareness campaign for preventing childhood obesity.

Which of the following is not part of the "built environment?"

Self-report weight and height are classified as _____ measures.

Compared to people of normal weight,obese people spent approximately _____ more on health care costs in 2001.

Of the increased cost of health care for obese individuals,the largest single contributor to the health care cost is for treatment related to

In the research,parents are reported as "gatekeepers" for children's eating and physical activity behaviors.What does this mean?

Obesity for adults is divided into _____ classes based on the degree of obesity.

Which of the following represents the activities contributing most to energy expenditure (excluding sleep),ranked from most to least,for adults participating in the National Human Activity Pattern Survey?

Efforts to control obesity at the public policy level in the United States are

Discuss the postulated relationship between sleep duration and obesity.

Many of the policy initiatives address children rather than adults.Why?

Which region of the United States has the highest rate for obesity in children?

A more effective worksite-based intervention would integrate which of the following?

Which of the following national surveys is/are used most frequently to assess obesity data for Americans?

Extremely obese is the same as obese.

_____,or body fat distributed around the abdomen,is more highly associated with metabolic disturbances and health problems.

One of the major components of the We Can! campaign initiated by the National Heart,Lung,and Blood Institute is to increase physical activity and decrease screen time.

Immediate steps a community nutritionist may take to reduce obesity rates include all of the following except

Recent research indicates that breastfed babies are _____ likely to be overweight as compared with formula-fed babies.