A nurse explains to a patient that health is measured on a continuum scale and that
1. It proves that health is constant and rarely fluctuates.
2. The higher the measurement is, the better one's health is.
3. It measures only the physical aspects of health.
4. It would be more accurate if mental and emotional aspects could be measured.
ANS: 2
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