What are the potential consequences of adolescent obesity?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- The psychological consequences may be particularly severe during a time when body image is a major concern.
- Obesity taxes the circulatory system and it increases the likelihood of high blood pressure and diabetes.
- Finally, obese adolescents stand an 80% chance of becoming obese adults.
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Everyone likes to have Lydia working on their committees because she seems to have the unique ability to consider a variety of options and quickly narrow the list of options down to the one or two best alternatives. In other words, Lydia is skilled in
a. divergent thinking. b. transformational logic. c. convergent thinking. d. field dependence.
In a holophrase,
a. a single word conveys the meaning of an entire sentence. b. the same word is used for many objects in an environment. c. an infant makes vocalizations consisting only of vowel sounds. d. a vocalization is produced, but it has no meaning.
Susan Sontag's advice to women as they grow older is
A) ?to exercise regularly and eat well. B) ?to age naturally without embarrassment. C) ?to seek plastic surgery in order to maintain a youthful appearance. D) ?to cultivate their youthfulness for as long as possible.
Bert would use his striatum when learning information that _____.
A. needs to be integrated over many trials
B. is involved in the development of flexible responses
C. is most responsive to delayed feedback
D. is critical to the formation of explicit memories