Choice+Arthritis+Jonathan+and+Philip

Home Cause Effects Treatment Prevention Choice Notes MLA Arthritis is an incredibly widespread disease, as one in five people in the United States have this disease. Since people who are ill with another disease are less likely to have physical activities, they have a higher chacne of developing arthritis.
 * How widespread is arthritis?**
 * One fifth of U.S. Adults have chronic joint problems
 * Arthritis patients cost the country eighty billion dollars
 * Nearly two thirds of people with arthritis are younger than 65
 * Half of people with diabetes or heart disease also have arthritis, due to less physical activity

1. How widespread is arthritis? a. Everybody has it b. one in ten people have it c. one in five people have it d. nobody has it
 * Quiz

2. How much does arthritis cost the U.S.? a. eighty billion dollars b. fifty billion dollars c. nothing d. too much

3. Why do people with diabetes or heart disease get arthritis more easily? a. they are more physically active b. they are less physically acive c. they don't get it more easily d. arthritis is the same as diabete and heart disease.**