![6240780-85090Task One – BBC Obesity article<br />WORK IN PAIRS OR GROUPS OF THREE – first to finish with the most correct answers gets a prize!<br />Starter for Ten<br />Question / StatementTrueFalseEven if the prevalence of obesity remains stable until 2030, the American Diabetes Association, says that the number of people with diabetes will more than treble.yMexico and the UK have the highest number of diabetes percentages in the population in a recent survey in 2007yThe World Health Organization predicts there will be 5.8 billion overweight adults in the world by 2015yAccording to a survey of bodyshapes conducted in the UK in 1951, a woman's average waist size was 70cm (27.5in)yAt least 20 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight globally in 2005, according to the WHOyFigures for 2005 show 1.6 billion adults were overweight and 400 million were obese.yEach BMI figure is classified within a range, eg 18-25 is ideal and over 35 is reckoned to be obese.YBMI stands for Basal Metabolic IndexyThere are more obese adults than childrenyThere were more than 2.5 million obese adults in a forecast survey in 2005y<br />Score at the end of Starter for Ten ____________________<br />Using slide 5 (map of USA) answer these questions:<br />,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sciencesharecouk-shared-resource686/85/ScienceShare-co-uk-Shared-Resource-1-320.jpg)
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- 2. Which is the ‘healthiest’ state in the USA?Activity 2<br />In your groups jot down the ideas of why obesity is on the increase?<br />271653026035<br />Activity 3 <br />In pairs – jot down some ideas of how the problem of obesity could be tackled?<br />GovernmentEducationHealthFamiliesIndividualsOthers<br />Activity four – in the same pairs using the cards provided jot down your top tips for longevity<br />