Which of the Following Statements Regarding Eating Disorders Is True

question 81

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding eating disorders is true?

• A)Bulimia is less common than anorexia.
• B)The majority of anorexics are female,and the majority of individuals who have bulimia nervosa are male.
• C)Approximately 3 percent of the population is made up of binge eaters.
• D)So much overlap exists between anorexia and bulimia that they are considered to be different aspects of a single disorder.

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Definitions:

Relative Size

A comparison of the size of one object to another or to a reference, often used in various scientific contexts to provide a scale or proportion.

Muscle Action

The process of muscles contracting and relaxing to produce movement in various parts of the body.

Tropomyosin

A regulatory protein that wraps around actin filaments in muscle cells, playing a key role in muscle contraction by controlling access to binding sites for myosin.

Sarcomere

The basic contractile unit of muscle fiber, consisting of myofilaments.