In what way is genetics related to a child's risk of developing obesity?

a. heredity contributes to tendencies to overeat, to be sedentary, or to be less able to convert fat to fuel.

b. heredity contributes to a dislike of exercise and to not getting enough sleep.

c. heredity determines whether you can or cannot be an athlete and thus get enough exercise to burn off the calories that you consume.

d. heredity determines whether your pubertal growth spurt will increase your body's calorie needs enough to cause you to lose your "baby fat," and thus prevent you from developing adolescent or adulthood obesity.

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Rory Mcconnell

Biology

24 August, 04:26

In what way is genetics related to a child's risk of developing obesity?

a. heredity contributes to tendencies to overeat, to be sedentary, or to be less able to convert fat to fuel.

b. heredity contributes to a dislike of exercise and to not getting enough sleep.

c. heredity determines whether you can or cannot be an athlete and thus get enough exercise to burn off the calories that you consume.

d. heredity determines whether your pubertal growth spurt will increase your body's calorie needs enough to cause you to lose your "baby fat," and thus prevent you from developing adolescent or adulthood obesity.

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Miko · Answer 1

Heredity contributes to tendencies to overeat, to be sedentary, or to be less able to convert fat to fuel.

Explanation:

Heredity refers to passing of traits from one generation to another generation. If the parent of the child is affected with obesity, during zygote formation of the obesity gene gets expressed in the child, the child may develop the risk of obesity.

This gene influences the regular dieting habit of the child and also makes the child the victim of syndromes such as Bardet-Biedl and Prader-Willi.