Each month we have a little health quiz. Click on the choices and see how you do. At the end of each month we will randomly draw a name of all the kids who have emailed us the correct answers and send that person a T-shirt. So think hard and send us those answers!
1. How many children in the United States have above-normal blood pressure?
a. 40 thousand
b. 400 thousand
c. 4 million
2. Having a healthy heart requires daily physical activity - running, walking, swimming, jumping rope, walking up stairs-any activity that achieves cardiovascular benefits. How many Americans report daily physical activity of 30 minutes or more?
3. Llack of exercise and poor nutrition increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. According to some studies, what percentage of America's children are obese?
a. Up to one third
b. Up to one fourth
c. Up to one sixth
4. What percentage of all deaths in the United States can be attributed to cardiovascular disease annually?
5. Smoking leads to a number of health problems, including heart disease. At what age did six out of ten adult smokers start smoking?
6. If all health trends remain constant, approximately how many of today's 83 million children will eventually die of heart and blood vessel disease?
a. 15 million
b. 25 million
c. 35 million
How did you do? Email your answers here for a chance to win!
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