​The results of the studies on experimental starvation and experimental overeating

A) ​indicate that eating is a learned behavior.
B) ​suggest that eating is always pleasurable.
C) ​are consistent with the concept of set-point.
D) ​find eating relatively unimportant in most people's lives.

​Carla is a teenager living in poverty who is pregnant. What is true about associated health risks to her and her baby?

A) ​Her baby is more likely to have a low birth weight, but this is not a risk.
B) ​She is equally as likely to be abused as poor teens who are not pregnant.
C) ​Her baby is more likely to have low birth weight, raising mortality risk.
D) ​She is more likely to be abused, but her baby cannot be abused in utero.

​Heterosexual contact is the leading source of HIV infection in _______.

A) ​the United States
B) ​Africa
C) ​Eastern Europe
D) ​Russia

Suppression of the immune system​

A) ​is not associated with chemotherapy.
B) ​will stop infection from developing.
C) ​leaves the body vulnerable to infection.
D) ​never occurs naturally, but can be induced with drugs.

​Delmar constantly complained to his wife Merna about pain in his knee. Merna decided to stop sympathizing with Delmar and to withhold any sort of positive reinforcement to his pain behaviors, so we would expect Delmar to stop feeling pain in his knee.

​During the past 65 years, death rates from stomach cancer have dropped dramatically.

Relaxation training, including meditation, has been found to be most successful in​

A) ​lowering blood pressure to the normal range.
B) ​managing stress and anxiety.
C) ​treating stress-related schizophrenia.
D) ​treating ulcers.

A man will likely have a higher metabolic rate than a woman of the same weight.

Your health risks are greater if your body stores excess ________ in your abdomen rather than in your hips and thighs.

​The optimal type of physical activity for someone wanting protection from osteoporosis is

A) ​high-impact exercise, like running and jumping.
B) ​lower-impact exercise, like walking.
C) ​low-impact exercise, like tai chi.
D) ​no type of exercise.