Ray Eats When He Is Stressed, Sad, or Angry and as a Result

question 234

Multiple Choice

Ray eats when he is stressed, sad, or angry and as a result struggles with his weight. His physician suggests that because he is using food to fill an emotional hole, rather than a physiological need, he no longer knows how to pay attention to his body's messages saying that it is full. The hormone that should be decreasing his appetite and increasing his energy expenditure is called

• A)glucose.
• B)cholecystokinin (CCK).
• C)leptin.
• D)insulin.
• E)melatonin

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