You have a friend whose parents are obese. Since he graduated from college he has devoted a significant amount of his efforts to doing well in his new job, leaving him with less time to exercise and prepare healthy meals
Consequently, he has gained weight. He is concerned that since he must have the FTO gene, that he is doomed to be obese like his parents are. What would you tell him?
a. Genetics provides only a risk for overweight and obesity, not a definite destiny. If he eats nutritious meals and begins to exercise, he should lose the weight.
b. Genetics is destiny. He might as well not worry about becoming obese since he is definitely going to be obese no matter what he does.
c. His weight gain has nothing to do with his parents. There really is no genetic relationship.
d. His parents must have eaten quite a bit of sweets and carbs before he was conceived and he now has the genes for obesity.
A. Recent research has identified a specific gene, called FTO, which sharply increases children's risk for obesity. However, genetics provide only a risk for overweight and obesity, not a definite destiny.
You might also like to view...
Which situation below best exemplifies the tenet of social impact theory that group strength is directly related to conformity?
a. When eating with strangers, Suzie will talk with her mouth full, but not when eating with her friends. b. When Adam is with his "slacker" friends, he doesn't take school seriously; when he's at home alone, he studies for hours on end. c. When Jason's friends use subtle influence attempts, he conforms; when they use coercive tactics, he resists them. d. One-on-one, Melissa will talk a blue streak, but when she's in a group, she's very quiet.
If you ask George to explain how he feels about his father, he has little to say. Yet every time his father is mentioned, he becomes tense. Kelly would explain this with his concept of
A) preverbal constructs. B) preemption. C) hostility. D) threat.