Obesity

Question 1

All cause, metabolic, cancer, and cardiovascular morbidity begin to rise (albeit at a slow rate) when BMIs are :
A. <=18
B. >=24
C. >=25
D. >=30

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is a normal waist-to- hip ratio:

Answer 2

with a ratio >0.9 in women and >1.0 in men being abnormal.

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Question 3

leptin, which acts through brain circuits (predominantly in the hypothalamus) to influence appe- tite, energy expenditure, and neuroendocrine function (

Answer 3

I