Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Question & Answers about health

#1-What is the definition google gives us for healthy?

a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"
the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health".

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

#2-What does it mean to be mentally ill?

suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind"

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

#3-What is the Average Body mass Index for a healthy person?

"18.5 - 24.9 is the Body Mass Index for a Normal person" anything below is underweight and anything above is over weight.

http://www.consumer.gov/weightloss/bmi.htm

#4- what is the average life span of a healthy person?

The current U.S. life expectancy is 77.5 years.

http://longevity.about.com/od/longevity101/p/life_expect.htm

#5-What is the fatest state in the United States?

According to a major study conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mississippi is the fattestfattestfattest statestatestate in the United States.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-fattest-american-state.htm

#6-What percentage of people exersive at all?

What percentage of people (aged 15 years and older) who live in the United States participated in sports and exercise activities on an average day in recent years? About 16 percent.

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2008/sports/

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