Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes Weight Gain and Genetics

question 39

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately describes weight gain and genetics?

• A) Obese people can change their genome and influence their epigenome.
• B) Exercise has little, if any, effect on the genetic influence on weight gain.
• C) Fraternal twins are more likely to weigh the same than are identical twins.
• D) Adopted children tend to have body weights more like their biological parents than like their adoptive parents.
• E) Most cases of obesity stem from a single gene.

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