1. Obesity is closing in on tobacco as the nation's No. ____ underlying preventable killer.
2. Americans can lose midsection "love handles" and double chins one step at a time if they ___________ less and _____________ more.
3. A poor __________ and physical __________ caused 400,000 deaths in 2000, a ____% jump over 1990.
4. Like __________, obesity and inactivity increase the risks for the top three killers: ____________________, ____________________, and such cerebrovascular ailments as strokes.
5. Obesity and a _____________ lifestyle strongly increase the risk of diabetes.
6. ____________ is the sixth leading cause of death.
7. A report found that ____________ in obesity threaten to erase improvements in _______ among middle-age and older Americans.
8. At current rates, health care spending on obesity among people _____ to ____ years old is expected to increase by 50% by ______.
9. Three factors that contribute to the nation's fat problem include: _____________________, _____________________, and a decline in _______________________.
10. Two out of ______ adults and ______ million children are overweight or obese.
11. The Bush administration is seeking to cut funding for the ________ campaign, a CDC project to promote ________________ among ___ to_____-year-olds, from $36 million this year to $____ million in 2005.
12. McDonald's has announced it will end supersize _______ and _______ in it's more than 13,000 U.S. restaurants by year's end, except for special _________________.
13. The ___________ will debate a bill that would shield _______________ and fast food franchises from _______________ seeking to blame them for obesity and health problems related to it.
14. Many states are making attempts to slow the ________ in obesity among ___________.
15. Roughly ____ states already restrict studentsŐ access to junk food until after lunch.
Weeksheet by Joyce Lyons