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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.

HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 2 (2 Sets) Latest Guide

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DQ 2

• Resource: healthfinder® Web site at http://healthfinder.gov/

• Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Main forum]

• Select a genetic disorder from the list below.

o Huntington’s disease

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o Achondroplasia

o Cystic fibrosis

o Sickle cell anemia

o Phenylketonuria

o Down syndrome

• Navigate to the healthfinder® Web site.

• Use the alphabetic index under Diseases, Conditions and Injuries on the left side of

the page to locate your selected genetic disorder.

• Post your response to the following: Describe to a 7th-grade student what they would

expect to see if a person was diagnosed with your selected genetic disorder. How would

you express the disease symptoms and at least one current treatment method in a way

the student could easily understand?

• Respond to your classmates’ posts by asking clarification questions a 7th-grade science

student would ask.

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DQ 1

In 1964, 44% of the American population smoked. By 2002, the percentage of Americans that

smoke had been cut in half (Mulvihill et al., 2006). Many states have banned smoking in

public buildings, and some states have either banned or are considering a ban on smoking in

a car when young children are present.

• Resource: “Smoking and COPD: Some Common Questions” article

• Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum

• Read the “Smoking and COPD: Some Common Questions” article listed on this week’s

Electronic Reserve Reading page.

• Post your response to the following: Your cousin Stella, who lives 300 miles away, has

smoked nearly a pack a day for about 5 years. Lately, she has been complaining about

shortness of breath more than usual, but she doesn’t think she needs to see a doctor.

What would you say to Stella that might convince her to have a doctor evaluate her

symptoms? What would you say regarding the impact of smoking on her respiratory

health? How is her respiratory function different from “normal” respiratory function? Back

up the statements in your email to Stella with at least two facts from the “Smoking and

COPD” article listed on this week’s Electronic Reserve Reading page.

• Respond to your classmates by offering suggestions that would make the email to Stella

more convincing.

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DQ 2

• Resources: p.164 of Human Diseases and the Asthma 101 video

• Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum

• Watch the Asthma 101 video listed on this week’s Electronic Reserve Reading page by

clicking the orange WATCH VIDEO button.

• Post your response to the following: Answer question #3 under “Cases for Critical

Thinking” on p.164 of the text. As you read others’ posts, state whether you agree or

disagree with their answers and explain why. Share stories of famous people or people

you know personally to help illustrate your opinion