According to Your Textbook, What Else Should Be Considered in Addition

question 57

Multiple Choice

According to your textbook, what else should be considered in addition to the role of a physiological set point in making it difficult for people to lose excess weight?

• A) The body's metabolic rate is fixed and does not change.
• B) The difficulty in losing excess weight is greatly exaggerated.
• C) Lower activity levels are also associated with weight gain.
• D) Set point theory assumes that a person's set point cannot change.

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