Weight Management Professionals Currently Have and Use Ethic or Racially

question 10

True/False

Weight management professionals currently have and use ethic or racially specific BMI tables.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Development

A theory introduced by Sigmund Freud that describes how personality develops during childhood through a series of stages centered on erogenous zones.

Fixation

In psychoanalytic theory, leaving a disproportionate share of one’s libido behind at an earlier stage of development.

Libido

A term in psychoanalytic theory for the energy of the sexual drive as a component of the life instinct.

Genital Stage

In psychoanalytic theory, the final stage of psychosexual development, in which the physical focus of the libido is on the genitals, with an emphasis on heterosexual relationships. The stage begins at about puberty, but is only fully attained when and if the individual achieves psychological maturity.