Briefly explain the causes of overweight.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Evidence from kinship studies, including twin studies, and adoption studies shows that heredity plays a role in being overweight (den Hoed & Loos, 2014; Perusse et al., 2014). Some people inherit a tendency to burn up extra calories, whereas others inherit a tendency to turn extra calories into fat.Other factors that contribute to child overweight and obesity include consumption of sugary drinks and less healthful food at schools and child-care centers, the advertising of fattening foods, lack of regular physical activity (and for low-income children, lack of community places in which to play or exercise), limited access to healthful affordable foods, availability of "high energy" (translation: high sugar) drinks, large portion sizes (supersizing), lack of breast-feeding, and TV and other media (couch-potato syndrome) (Leech et al., 2014; Berge et al., 2015). Children are exposed to about 10,000 food commercials each year, and they're not promoting celery and carrots. Overweight parents may serve as examples of poor exercise habits, encourage overeating, and keep unhealthful foods in the home (Berge et al., 2015).
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a. 1 month old b. 6 months old c. 1 year old d. 2 years old
People tend to eat more when there are a variety of different foods offered at a meal. This is because the wide variety prevents:
a. operant conditioning b. classical conditioning c. orienting d. habituation
Which of the following self-descriptions is typical of an adolescent?
A. "I am a girl, I like to play basketball, and I'm not very good at social studies." B. "I am really serious and shy at school, but I'm the funny and crazy one with my friends." C. "I have three brothers, my parents both work, and I love video games." D. "I love scary movies, and I really like fishing with my parents."
When it comes to decreasing obesity, the research most supports which idea
a. changing schools food and beverage offerings. b. putting parents in charge of deciding how to help their children lose weight. c. the importance of addressing cultural values about foods. d. taxing unhealthy foods.