Which of the following cases can be readily accounted for by the leaky-barrel model, but not by traditional set-point models?
A) A women married a cook, and her weight rapidly increased by 5 kilograms; the added weight stayed, despite her efforts to lose it.
B) A business executive became a marathon runner, and her food consumption went up while her weight went down and stayed down.
C) A dieter changed his lifestyle, he lost 30 kilograms, he never put the weight back on, and he never felt any compulsion to overeat.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
Question 2
The leaky-barrel model of body weight regulation
A) is a settling-point model.
B) can account for the fact that body weight often remains relatively stable.
C) can account for the fact that compensatory changes occur to reduce decreases or increases in body weight.
D) can account for the fact that dieters tend to regain lost weight once they go off their diets.
E) all of the above
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