How Do Successful Weight-Loss Diets Really Work

question 63

Multiple Choice

How do successful weight-loss diets really work?

• A) By burning off body fat
• B) By reducing absorption in the GI tract
• C) By altering the body's metabolism
• D) By reducing food energy intake

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Definitions:

Behavior Therapist

A professional who uses principles of learning and conditioning to treat psychological disorders and improve behavior.

Psychotherapy

A therapeutic treatment approach involving psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction to help a person change behavior and overcome problems in desired ways.

Transference

denotes the redirection of a patient's feelings for a significant person to the therapist, often observed in psychoanalytic therapy.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.