One Theory for Explaining the Etiology of Obesity Suggests That

question 62

Multiple Choice

One theory for explaining the etiology of obesity suggests that humans inherited genes that helped our ancestors survive famine by storing fat. Unfortunately, that gene may be dysfunctional in an environment where high-fat foods are plentiful. This theory is called the ____.

• A) thrifty genotype hypothesis
• B) fat gene theory
• C) fat storage hypothesis
• D) evolutionary hypothesis

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