Set Point Is Defined As

question 17

Multiple Choice

Set point is defined as:

• A) the rate at which a body burns calories for energy.
• B) the genetically influenced weight range for an individual, maintained by biological mechanisms that regulate food intake, fat reserves, and metabolism.
• C) a drug or intervention that affects one part of the eating-weight interaction, but has an unintended influence on another.
• D) a gene that modulates production of a protein that converts excess calories into heat rather than fat.

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