The Energy Needed in Order to Digest, Absorb, and Metabolize

question 35

Multiple Choice

The energy needed in order to digest, absorb, and metabolize nutrients after a meal is called

• A) adaptive thermogenesis.
• B) nonexercise activity thermogenesis.
• C) the thermic effect of food.
• D) Does not have a name

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Definitions:

Shortage

The insufficiency of a good or service that occurs when the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied; shortages occur when the price is below the equilibrium price.

Price Elasticity of Demand

The rate at which demand for a product responds to its price being altered.

Short Run

The period in economic theory during which at least one factor of production is considered fixed.

Long Run

A period in which all factors of production can be varied, and no inputs are fixed.