Which Statement About Obesity Is TRUE

question 249

Multiple Choice

Which statement about obesity is TRUE?

• A)Overeating is the only cause of obesity.
• B)There is a strong genetic component to obesity.
• C)Approximately 10 million North Americans die each year from obesity-related illnesses.
• D)Obesity is associated with high self-esteem.

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Definitions:

Psychoanalytic Theorists

Experts in a field founded by Sigmund Freud that focuses on unconscious factors that influence behavior, emotions, and relationships.

Morality

Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.

Impulses

Sudden, involuntary inclinations to act or respond to something without conscious thought.

Guilt

A feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, whether real or imagined.