What Is the Significance of the 1940s Study by Keys

question 171

Multiple Choice

What is the significance of the 1940s study by Keys et al. in which healthy individuals placed on a semistarvation diet developed a preoccupation with food?

• A) This study supports the idea that a preoccupation with food is a result of starvation.
• B) This study demonstrates that a preoccupation with food is a natural event and not of medical concern.
• C) This study shows that healthy individuals are likely to develop anorexia nervosa when placed on a semistarvation diet.
• D) This study suggests that a preoccupation with food is a distinguishing characteristic between those with anorexia nervosa and those without it.

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