Each year in the United States, almost $100 billion dollars are spent on health issues related\tto obesity, and about 300,000 people die of conditions related to obesity (Mulvihill et al.,\t2006).\t\u00b7 Resource: Why Weight Matters video\t\u00b7 Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Main forum]\t\u00b7 Watch the Why Weight Matters video listed on this week’s Electronic Reserve Reading\tpage by clicking the orange WATCH VIDEO button.\t\u00b7 Post your response to the following: As you observed in this week’s Why Weight Matters\tvideo, eating habits and lack of physical activity are the most common and preventable\tcauses of obesity. What short-term and long-term health conditions are direct\tconsequences of the obesity epidemic? What individual and societal changes can help\treverse the obesity epidemic?\tReference\tMulvihill, M. L., Zelman, M., Holdaway, P., Tompary, E., & Raymond, J. (2006)\tInstructor’s resource manual: Human diseases: A systemic approach (6th ed.). Upper\tSaddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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