. Food restrictions during adolescent development lead to several changes in the brain. Restrictive eating and anorexia do NOT produce a(n) ______.
a. increase in brain volume
b. reduction in metabolism in frontal and parietal areas
c. overall reduction in brain volume
d. continuation of prepubescent functioning
Ans: A
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