Regarding eating disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Only about eight percent of all adolescents experience some form of disordered eating.
b. About one percent of all adults suffer from anorexia, along with three percent who are bulimic.
c. About 10 to 20 percent of anorexics and bulimics are now males.
d. People with eating disorders have distorted views of themselves with many overestimating their body size by 25 percent or more.
A
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a. education b. rehabilitation c. business and industry d. all of these
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a. Japan b. China c. the United States d. South Korea
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A. conventional social gesture. B. telegraphic gesture. C. representational gesture. D. symbolic gesture.
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