Test Your Health I. Q.

Childhood Overweight : Answers

1. In a group of 100 North Carolina high-schoolers, the Centers for Disease Control reports that about this many teens are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight:
   1. 10
   2. 15
   3. 27

Answer: c.

2. In a group of 100 North Carolina children aged 5 to 11, the North Carolina Nutrition and Physical Activity Surveillance System (NC-NPASS 2003) reports that about this many children are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight:
   1. 10 
   2. 17 
   3. 23

Answer: c. About 23 out of 100 children are overweight.

3. The NC-NPASS 2003 states that obesity in North Carolina's children ages 5 to 11 increased by this percent from 1995 to 2000.
1. 4%
2. 10%
3. 25%
4. 40% 

Answer: d. Obesity in these children increased by 40%.

4. North Carolina ranks as this in how well we take care of our children compared to the nation.
1. 5th
2. 22nd
3. 41st
4. 50th

Answer: c.

5. Studies reveal that over half of our North Carolina children have one risk factor of heart disease.
1. True 
2. False

Answer: a. True. Many of our children are looking at a high probability that they will develop heart disease as a result of child obesity.

6. Food habits are set during our school-age years.
1. True.
2. False.

Answer: a. Although we can change these habits in our adult years, it is much harder to change habits then.

7. Why do North Carolina and other states have so many overweight children?
1. Kids have more processed foods.
2. Kids spend more time sitting, for example, in cars, watching TV, or playing video games.
3. Kids eat too much.
4. Accessibility to foods is great.
5. Drive-through meals are on the rise.
6. All of the above.

Answer: f. All of the above.

8. Are there certain geographical areas where North Carolina is focusing children's health education efforts?
1. No, there are no unusual high or low statistics that show a difference in how counties are doing regarding childhood obesity.
2. Yes, some counties show only 0.5 % of their children as obese, while other counties show 29% of their children are obese.

Answer: b. North Carolina is looking to help those in Vance, Johnston, and Lee counties, among others, in this area.

9. Each North Carolina elementary and high school will be required to include 30 minutes of physical activity in its daily programs.
1. True.
2. False.

Answer: a. We all need to include 30 minutes of physical activity daily and schools will need to include this time.

10. What are some ways in which high school teens can include physical activities in their daily routines and change their eating habits?
1. Exercise at a gym.
2. Dance.
3. Dance using the dancing video games.
4. Avoid vending machine foods.
5. All of the above.

Answer: e. All of these factors play a part.