Which Child Is at the Greatest Risk for Overweight

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which child is at the greatest risk for overweight?

• A) Cecilia, who watches 1 hour of TV in the family room each day
• B) Travis, who uses an ad blocker to screen out ads during his 1½ hours of screen time each day
• C) Marcella, who watches 1½ hours of TV in the living room each day
• D) Leo, who watches 2 hours of TV and Internet with ads in his bedroom each day

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Definitions:

Active Processing

Active Processing is the cognitive act of engaging with information in a meaningful way to ensure its storage, understanding, and retrieval from memory.

Short-term Memory

The capacity for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.

Chunks of Information

The grouping of individual bits of information into larger, more manageable units or chunks, facilitating easier information processing and memory retention.

George Miller

A psychologist renowned for his work on cognitive psychology and for proposing the theory that the average number of objects an individual can hold in working memory is seven plus or minus two.