A 69-year-old client is admitted to the hospital with a possible hip fracture. The nurse determines that the client is overweight and plans care to teach the client which of the following risk factors for obesity?
1. Urinary retention
2. Degenerative joint disease and functional and mobility problems
3. Chronic cough
4. Stroke
2. Degenerative joint disease and functional and mobility problems
Rationale:
Overweight and obesity are risk factors for degenerative joint disease and functional and mobility problems. There is no relationship between overweight and chronic cough. Urinary retention is not a risk of obesity. There may be some relationship indirectly to stroke.
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