Garfield Is Having Great Difficulty Controlling His Appetite

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Garfield is having great difficulty controlling his appetite.All he wants to do is eat and no matter how much he eats he is still hungry.His weight is approaching 400 pounds and he still constantly wants to eat.His physician says the problem is due to a disorder in a specific center of the brain.The brain center is most likely the

• A)medulla
• B)cerebral cortex
• C)thalamus
• D)hypothalamus

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