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A researcher wonders if children who engage in active play for at least 10 minutes a day have a lower obesity rate than children who do not. Staff from her laboratory shadow 100 children for 1 week and
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A researcher wonders if children who engage in active play for at least 10 minutes a day have a lower obesity rate than children who do not. Staff from her laboratory shadow 100 children for 1 week and record the number of minutes of active play each child participated in each day. They also record the child's weight and BMI to assess obesity. What type of study is this?

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Answer: An observational study

Explanation: The researcher is observing the children who engage in play, therefore this is an observational study.

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