There Are as Many as Four Hundred Different Groups of Aborigines

question 5

True/False

There are as many as four hundred different groups of Aborigines currently in Australia that make up a total population of about four hundred fifty thousand.

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Definitions:

Leptin

A hormone produced by fat cells that regulates fat storage in the body and signals the brain about hunger and satiety.

Hunger-Dampening

The process or an effect that reduces or suppresses the feeling of hunger.

Fat Cells

Cells that store energy in the form of fat, also known as adipocytes; they are found in the adipose tissue.

Anorexia Nervosa

An eating disorder in which a person (usually an adolescent female) diets and becomes significantly (15 percent or more) underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to starve.