These questions are designed to prompt deeper thinking about the ideas and themes presented in this chapter.
- Consider how social determinants such as ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, or disability may influence the prevalence and health outcomes in one chronic disease of your choosing.
- How might ethnicity, gender, disability, or LGBTQI+ status affect an individual’s access to cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment
- How might BMI, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio differ in accurately assessing health risks for diverse populations?
- How do obesogenic environments and hedonic eating influence individual and population-level obesity?
- Why might T2DM prevalence and outcomes differ across ethnic groups, Indigenous populations, LGBTQI+ communities, and in people with disabilities?