What Factors Are Contributing to the Increasing Occurrence of Overweight

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Essay

What factors are contributing to the increasing occurrence of overweight and obesity in school-age children?

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is initially elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the occurrence of desired behaviors.

Reciprocal Determinism

A perspective positing that individuals and their environment interact and influence each other.

Psychosocial

Relating to the interrelation of social factors and individual thought and behavior.