Which of the Following Statements About a Person's Obesity Risk

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about a person's obesity risk is TRUE?

• A) Researchers have found that genetics and individual behavioral choices adequately explain obesity risk.
• B) Obesity researchers have mapped more than 100 variables that influence obesity risk.
• C) The fact that obesity is a multifactorial disease means that it is beyond an individual's power to influence.
• D) Reliance on labor-saving devices such as lawnmowers and escalators plays no role in obesity risk because these are used by people of normal weight as well as those who are obese.

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