Student Assessment

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Introduction

Use what you have learned about diet and heart health to complete this assignment.

Write at least a paragraph for each of the following questions.

• Beyond finding medical answers, what do you think should be done about the deadly, ongoing heart disease epidemic?
• How are science and technology being used to investigate, monitor, and prevent heart disease?
• Overall, do you think the Industrial Revolution has made the physical health of people better or worse?
Support your answer.