Question

31. Self-regulation training is likely to be fully effective in obesity prevention only when ______.
A. it is offered online or through tablet applications.
B. stressors in children's family lives are manageable
C. it is coupled with a reduction in children's sleep time
D. parents control when, what, and how much their child eats.

Answer 1

Ans. D. Parents control when, what, and how much their child eats.

Explanation:

Self-regulation refers to the process of controlling and manipulating one’s own behaviour. In developing self-regulation, a child requires adequate training in the initial phases of life, especially from parents and teachers, since he/she is not aware of the desirable ways of behaviour that need to be adopted. Parents assume the primary responsibility of imparting the knowledge in the child regarding the know-how of any behaviour and in addition, they help in the development and regularization of the daily activities and habits of the child. Obesity can be controlled and prevented by merely controlling the basic food habits of an individual. It is thus the responsibility of the parents to regularize within the child healthy eating habits. By controlling when to eat, what to eat and how much to eat, parents can inculcate these healthy eating habits within their child, thereby laying the foundation for self regularization training, which the child is ought to maintain in the future.