The Evidence for Psychological Theories That Attribute Obesity to Emotional

question 52

Multiple Choice

The evidence for psychological theories that attribute obesity to emotional disturbances:

• A) empirically supports the view that overweight individuals are mentally ill.
• B) was based on flawed studies, often without control groups or objective measures.
• C) indicates that overweight people, on the average, overeat to fill "emotional holes."
• D) shows that obesity is almost always based on overeating.

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