Weight of the Nation Documentary Exam Questions with Correct Answers

Weight of the Nation Documentary Exam Questions with Correct
Answers


Question 1.
The Bogalusa Heart Study found that _____% of autop-sied children had plaques (fat
deposits) in their coro-nary arteries. Those children were known to have had high _____
and high _____

Correct Answer: 20, blood pressure, cho-lesterol

Question 2.
Dr. Berenson stated that obesity is the major driving force for insulin resistance; and that
insulin resistance and obesity are the driving forces for _____ and _____

Correct Answer: Hypertension, diabetes

Question 3.
The Bogalusa Heart Study showed that when obese children reach adulthood they are
_____ times more likely to develop high blood pressure than healthy weight children

Correct Answer: 8

Question 4.
_____% of the Bogalusa Heart Study participants who were obese as children remain obese
as adults

Correct Answer: 77

Question 5.
Anthony Iton, MD... "a child born in 2000 has a one in three lifetime chance of developing
_____. And if that child is African-American or Latino, it's one in ____"

Correct Answer: Diabetes, two

Question 6.
Peter Katzmaryk, PhD... "in the 1970s only 5% of the children in the US were overweight
or obese. Now it's over _____%

Correct Answer: 30

Question 7.
Name three of the seven factors and health behaviors which affect ideal cardiovascular
health

Correct Answer: Normal blood pressure, not being a smoker, pur-suing a
diet

Question 8.