According to Your Text, One of the Major Contributing Factors

question 209

Multiple Choice

According to your text, one of the major contributing factors in anorexia (especially in women) is

• A) societal pressure to be thin.
• B) malfunctioning of the lateral hypothalamus.
• C) malfunctioning of the ventromedial hypothalamus.
• D) a classically-conditioned aversion to the taste of certain foods, based on an earlier pairing of that food and illness.

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