Your brother and sister-in-law do not like to cook and neither one of them seems to have a very good understanding of nutrition. Their 9-year-old son has a BMI of 24, but they are not concerned because they feel that he will simply outgrow being obese

Why should they be more concerned? As adults, overweight and obese individuals ____.
a. spend a considerable amount of their budget on fast food
b. are more likely to have high blood pressure, heart attacks, and cancer
c. are more likely to have ADHD
d. are more likely to be married to their jobs and ignore their families


Answer: B

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