[Verified Answer]: Application 5.1 The Obese Family, Part I Mr. a

Application 5.1 The Obese Family, Part I Mr. and Mrs. Rhys are both obese. Mrs. Rhys has a BMI of 35 and recently developed type 2 diabetes. Mr. Rhys has a BMI of 33 and takes medication for high blood lipids and hypertension. They are worried about their 7-year-old son, Joey, who is in the 97th BMI percentile. Everyone in the family loves to eat. On a typical busy evening, one parent stops at a pizza restaurant on the way home and brings in two large pizzas for dinner. No one stops eating until both pizzas are gone. And by 8:30 P.M. at least one family member is foraging for cookies in the kitchen. Consider the potential roles of the brain and digestive system in this behavior. Are there strategies that the Rhys family could take to reduce the impact of physiological factors on eating behavior?