Which of the following is considered to be a key factor that contributes to obesity?

A. too much physical work in our daily lives
B. ready availability of high-caloric foods
C. some persons are inefficient at storing ingested calories as fat
D. the increasingly smaller portions provided by fast-food restaurants


Answer: B

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A) by bargaining for extra time.
B) by denying the seriousness of the illness.
C) with anger.
D) with acceptance.

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