If you are obese and a non-smoker, your life expectancy is approximately

A) 10 years less than that of a normal-weight person.
B) 2 years less than that of a normal-weight person.
C) the same as a normal-weight person.
D) 6 years less than that of a normal-weight person.


D

Health & Biomechanics

You might also like to view...

The APA defines addiction as compulsive behavior that falls on one end of a continuum of

A) a substance use disorder. B) intoxication. C) dependence. D) substance abuse.

Health & Biomechanics

Mature B cells undergo somatic hypermutation after activation, which, after affinity maturation, results in the production of antibody with a higher affinity for antigen than in the primary antibody response

Suggest some reasons why T cells have not evolved the same capacity. What will be an ideal response?

Health & Biomechanics

Echocardiography is a diagnostic test that uses

A. sound waves B. electrical waves C. nuclear medicine imaging D. none of these

Health & Biomechanics

Aerobic production of ATP occurs in the

A. mitochondria in a process called beta oxidation. B. mitochondria in a process called oxidative phosphorylation. C. mitochondria in a process called glycolysis. D. cytoplasm.

Health & Biomechanics