Which statement provides the best operational definition of "childhood obesity"?
a. Children who eat unhealthy foods and spend too much time watching television and playing video games
b. A distressing trend that can lead to health issues including type 2 diabetes and heart disease
c. Body weight at least 20 percent higher than a healthy weight for a child of that height
d. The tendency of children today to weigh more than children of earlier generations
c. Body weight at least 20 percent higher than a healthy weight for a child of that height
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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What will be an ideal response?
Because the researcher had access to twenty years of data on the same participants in an education program, the researcher was able to perform a(n) _________ study
a. cross-sectional b. operational c. reformative d. longitudinal
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a. modern family b. postmodern family c. common family d. nuclear family