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jCorn1234

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Which of the following is considered to be a key factor that contributes to obesity?
 
  A) too much physical work in our daily lives
  B) learning to eat all that is placed on your plate
  C) some persons are inefficient at storing ingested calories as fat
  D) the increasingly smaller portions provided by fast-food restaurants
  E) rapid genetic mutations.

Question 2

Which pair below are classed as anorexigens?
 
  A) NPY and insulin
  B) ghrelin and CART
  C) CCK and ghrelin
  D) CART and -MSH
  E) NPY and AGRP


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: B
Rationale: A key factor that contributes to obesity is eating everything that is provided to us on a plate.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D
Rationale: CART and -MSH are classified as anorexigens.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Excellent

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