What are the potential consequences of adolescent obesity?

What will be an ideal response?


A good answer would include the following key points:
1 . The psychological consequences may be particularly severe during a time when body image is a major concern.
2 . Obesity taxes the circulatory system and increases the likelihood of high blood pressure and diabetes.
3 . Finally, obese adolescents stand an 80 percent chance of becoming obese adults.

Psychology

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The field of ____________________ is involved in studying the connections between brain and behavior

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

The problem-focused explanation of dreaming suggests that ________

a. the symbols and metaphors in a dream disguise a person's true unresolved problems. b. dreams are usually about our everyday problems and may even help us to solve those problems. c. although dreams often represent our problems, they do not help us solve them. d. we are more likely to dream about good things that happen to us than about our problems.

Psychology

Intelligence quotient (IQ) tests focus almost entirely on

A. common sense. B. creative insight. C. self-knowledge. D. academic skills.

Psychology

A normal distribution has a mean of ยต = 80 with ? = 20. What score separates the highest 40% of the distribution from the rest of the scores?

A) ?X = 75 B) ?X = 85 C) ?X = 54.4 D) ?X = 105.6

Psychology