The most likely reason that some severely obese individuals do not manifest any of the common obesity-related chronic diseases is due to a ____

A) happy personality and the absence of depression
B) larger than normal organ size
C) tendency to store excess fat in the lower body
D) larger bone structure


C

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a. true b. false

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