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1.
Over 15 percent of children in the United States live in poverty conditions.
A)True
B)False
2.
Adolescents over-utilize the health care system.
A)True
B)False
3.
Most medical research has been conducted with men.
A)True
B)False
4.
Older men are more likely to have hearing problems than older women.
A)True
B)False
5.
Almost two thirds of all women over the age of sixty are affected by osteoporosis.
A)True
B)False
6.
There is a new urine test that can predict the occurrence of Alzheimer disease before symptoms appear.
A)True
B)False
7.
Parkinson disease is triggered by the degeneration of acetylcholine-producing neurons in the brain.
A)True
B)False
8.
Breast feeding can lower the risk of childhood obesity.
A)True
B)False
9.
Basal metabolism rate is the maximum amount of energy a person uses in a resting state.
A)True
B)False
10.
During childhood, obesity is more common in African American children than in White children.
A)True
B)False
11.
People in the Unites States typically get more than 50 percent of their total calories from carbohydrates.
A)True
B)False
12.
Smoking is linked to 30 percent of cancer deaths.
A)True
B)False
13.
Smoking in the adolescent years causes permanent genetic changes in the lungs.
A)True
B)False
14.
Young adults who do not attend college drink more than those who do attend college.
A)True
B)False
15.
Substance abuse among older adults is the "invisible epidemic" in the United States.
A)True
B)False





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