Increases in the Rate of Obesity in Modern Industrialized Societies

question 42

Multiple Choice

Increases in the rate of obesity in modern industrialized societies may have an evolutionary basis.What is the specific evolutionary hypothesis about body weight

• A) We have genes for obesity. 
• B) We evolved to have a metabolism that speeds up dramatically whenever we gain weight. 
• C) Being obese increases your reproductive capacity. 
• D) It was adaptive to overeat and store fat to survive environments where food was scarce.

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Definitions:

Autonomic Arousal

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Conscious Experience

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Sociohistorical Context

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Theoretical Diversity

The existence and acceptance of a wide range of theories within and across disciplines.