Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes Weight Gain and Genetics

question 20

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 their adoptive parents. 
• E) Most cases of obesity stem from a single gene.

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Definitions:

NPV

Net Present Value (NPV) is the calculation used to determine the present value of a series of future cash flows minus the initial investment, used in capital budgeting to assess the profitability of an investment.

IRR

The Internal Rate of Return is the discount rate that makes the net present value of all cash flows from a particular project equal to zero.

Mutually Exclusive

situations or events that cannot occur at the same time.

Internal Rate of Return

The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is a metric used in capital budgeting to estimate the profitability of potential investments.