What are the biological factors related to obesity?
What will be an ideal response?
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The biological factors related to obesity include heredity (runs in families, as supported by research with twins and monkeys), adaptive thermogenesis (metabolism goes down when dieting) and fat-to-muscle ratio (fatty tissue metabolizes food more slowly than muscle does, so those with higher ratios metabolize food more slowly).
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desensitization, at least in terms of systematically exposing a client to fear-producing stimuli? a. In vivo exposure b. Rational-emotive therapy c. Aversion therapy d. Modeling e. Cognitive-behavioral therapy
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