Over the last 20 years, obesity rates for children have: Group of answer choices Fluctuated wildly Increased dramatically Declined dramatically Been unknown due to lack of good research
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The percentage of obese children aged 12-19 years in the United States is approximately $$ P(t)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll} 0.04 t+4.6 & \text { if } 0 \leq t<10 \\ -0.01005 t^{2}+0.945 t-3.4 & \text { if } 10 \leq t \leq 30 \end{array}\right. $$ where $t$ is measured in years, with $t=0$ corresponding to the beginning of 1970 . What was the percentage of obese children aged 12-19 years at the beginning of 1970 ? At the beginning of $1985 ?$ At the beginning of $2000 ?$ Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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whether you believe that the primary cause of obesity is genetic or lifestyle what has happened in our society since 1989 that has resulted in doubled or tripled rates of obesity in adults and children .
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