The nurse is teaching a class on obesity prevention to parents in the community. What is a contributing factor to childhood obesity?
a. Birth weight
b. Parental overweight
c. Age at the onset of puberty
d. Asian ethnic background
ANS: B
There is a high correlation between parental adiposity and childhood adiposity. Obese children do not have higher birth weights than nonobese children. Early menarche is associated with obesity, but the age of puberty is not a contributing factor. African Americans and Hispanics have disproportionately high percentages of overweight individuals, but Asians do not
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