According to Set-Point Theory ________

question 67

Multiple Choice

According to set-point theory ________

• A) anorexics have successfully adjusted their bodies to a new lower set-point.
• B) hunger serves to maintain the body at its established set-point.
• C) behavioral means of altering body weight can never overcome the body's ability to compensate physiologically.
• D) the body weight that is maintained in the absence of dieting is the one at which health is maximized.

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