Which Statement About Perceptions of Obesity Is FALSE

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which statement about perceptions of obesity is FALSE?

• A) Many people assume that every obese person can and should achieve slenderness.
• B) People are born and raised with various weight tendencies.
• C) Obese people often are judged more on their appearance than on their character.
• D) In parts of society, overweight is embraced as a sign of health and beauty.
• E) Most weight-loss programs focus on willpower, hard work, and tending the psychological issues associated with obesity.

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Definitions:

Class Mean

The average of a set of data points or values in a specific category or classification.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values. It quantifies how spread out the numbers are.

Empirical Rule

A statistical rule stating that for a normal distribution, nearly all data will fall within three standard deviations of the mean.

Bell-Shaped

Describes the graphical form of a distribution that is symmetric around its mean, visually represented as a bell-shaped curve, typically associated with the normal distribution.