Figure 41.3 -Based on the Graph in the Figure 41.3, What Can

question 7

Multiple Choice

Figure 41.3
-Based on the graph in the Figure 41.3, what can you infer about the incidence of type II diabetes mellitus?

• A) People who develop type II diabetes mellitus are typically diagnosed in childhood or adolescence.
• B) If you maintain a normal body weight BMI < 25), you will not get type II diabetes mellitus.
• C) Obesity is a risk factor for development of type II diabetes mellitus.
• D) The incidence of type II diabetes mellitus has increased in the past 10 years.

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Definitions:

Perceptual Preferences

Individual differences in the ways people prefer to take in, process, and interpret sensory information from the world around them.

Sensory Systems

The parts of the nervous system that detect changes in the environment and transmit this information to the brain.

Supertaster

An individual who experiences taste with far greater intensity than the average person, due to having more taste buds.

Door-In-The-Face Technique

A persuasion strategy where a larger, unreasonable request is made first and is expected to be refused, only to be followed by a smaller, more reasonable request.