1. Read the article "Women give weight study a pounding", and discuss the following questions:
   1. What did Susan Hankinson mean by "the mathematical techniques the researchers were compelled to use made it necessary to round off the risk factor to 20 percent"?
   2. The article states that "the risk that a nonsmoking young or middle-aged woman will die in a given year is so small that a 20 percent rise verges on the imponderable. The jump in odds translates roughly to a rise from 10 in 10,000 to 12 in 10,000." Is this a good way to explain the risk of being 20 percent over the recommended weight? Do you think they mean any 20 percent increase in weight?
2. Read the article "Study finds a soaring rate of obesity in U.S. Children", discuss the question: Is this a good way to measure obesity?

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