Kelly is an African American girl who suffers from obesity. She lives in a poor inner-city neighborhood characterized as a food desert. Which of the following factors is most likely to be a component causing her condition?
a. failure to take a daily vitamin
b. a dislike of healthy foods
c. a lack of healthy food choices at school and home
d. living in an impoverished society where food is scarce
Ans: c. a lack of healthy food choices at school and home
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