HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 1
HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 1 (2 Sets) Recent
DQ 1
Each year in the United States, almost $100 billion dollars are spent on health issues related
to obesity, and about 300,000 people die of conditions related to obesity (Mulvihill et al.,
2006).
• Resource: Why Weight Matters video
• Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Main forum]
• Watch the Why Weight Matters video listed on this week’s Electronic Reserve Reading
page by clicking the orange WATCH VIDEO button.
• Post your response to the following: As you observed in this week’s Why Weight Matters
video, eating habits and lack of physical activity are the most common and preventable
causes of obesity. What short-term and long-term health conditions are direct
consequences of the obesity epidemic? What individual and societal changes can help
reverse the obesity epidemic?
Reference
Mulvihill, M. L., Zelman, M., Holdaway, P., Tompary, E., & Raymond, J. (2006)
Instructor’s resource manual: Human diseases: A systemic approach (6th ed.). Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
