Rudy Has Been on a Strict Diet of 1000 Calories

question 23

Multiple Choice

Rudy has been on a strict diet of 1000 calories per day for the last six weeks.He lost considerably more weight in the first three weeks of his diet than in the last three because

• A) his basal metabolic rate has decreased.
• B) his set point has increased.
• C) lean tissue is maintained by fewer calories than is fat tissue.
• D) his fat cells have begun to secrete elevated levels of leptin.

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