Were Americans healthier in the past?

What will be an ideal response?


The short answer is "no." Mortality rates are a good way to judge how healthy people were and are.Most people today live longer than their ancestors.This translates to Americans being healthier today than in the past.

Sociology

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A major merit of providing bilingual education is that ________

a. it improves the analytical ability of students b. it makes students familiar with the language used by the dominant society c. it helps students learn an additional subject d. it makes students learn about two cultures, thus reducing the racial practices followed in society

Sociology

When people are cast into a lower status, they must reduce their requirements, restrain their needs, and practice self-control. This situation characterizes _______ suicide

a. egoistic c. anomic b. altruistic d. fatalistic

Sociology

Which describes the term resilient student?

A. Students who receive their education in the home. B. Students who are advanced for social promotion purposes only. C. Differently abled students who benefit from being in a standard classroom. D. Students who exceeds academic expectations given their socioeconomic status.

Sociology

People in ______ retain a collective and idealized memory of the homeland that they transmit to their offspring as well as to other members of the diaspora.

A. diasporas B. global communities C. imagined communities D. geocities

Sociology