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A person eats a slice of cake because it's their friend's birthday and everyone else is having cake, even though they are not hungry. Is this an example of listening to internal or external eating cues?

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  • AInternal cues
  • BExternal cues
  • CBalanced cues
  • DDigestive cues
Explanation

Eating because "everyone else is" or due to social occasions, rather than your body's hunger, is an example of responding to external eating cues.

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