Poverty and Obesity Appear to Be Closely Related

question 32

Multiple Choice

Poverty and obesity appear to be closely related. Adolescents from lower-income families differ from adolescents from affluent families in all the following ways EXCEPT:

• A) Fruit and vegetable intake is highest among adolescents in more affluent households
• B) Fruit and vegetable intake is highest among adolescents in low-income families.
• C) Adolescents from lower income families get most of their energy from saturated fat.
• D) Adolescents in low-income families receive less medical support for maintaining a healthy weight.
• FILL-IN-THE-BLANK Answers can be one or two words)

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Definitions:

Pituitary Gland

A small endocrine gland located at the base of the brain that produces hormones regulating growth, metabolism, and reproductive functions.

Releasing Hormones

Hormones secreted by the hypothalamus that stimulate or inhibit the release of hormones from the anterior pituitary.

Hypothalamus

A structure in the forebrain that controls the pituitary gland and so-called homeostatic behaviors such as eating, drinking, temperature control, sleeping, sexual behaviors, and emotional reactions.

Thalamus

A brain structure that acts as a relay station, processing and transmitting information from the senses to the appropriate areas of the brain.