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Question 3 • FL-1700370-Critical Thinking and Study Skills

Which of the following statements suggests an individual may be genetically predisposed to gain an excessive amount of weight?

Answer

Food consumption typically tends to be greater than the energy expended for an overweight person.

A child raised by an obese parent is more likely to be obese than a child raised by parents of typical weight.

The level of hunger and metabolic rate change for an individual according to weight gain or loss.

One’s weight tends to remain fairly stable until it is impacted by outside factors.

Explanation

A child being more likely to be obese when raised by an obese parent suggests a family-linked influence, which may include inherited genetic predisposition. The other statements describe energy balance, changes in hunger and metabolism, or weight stability; they do not specifically point to a genetic tendency.

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