How does weight loss affect hunger?

What will be an ideal response?


When adipocytes shrink during weight loss, leptin, a satiety signal, levels drop. This reduction in leptin stimulates hunger and may drive the body to eat more to reestablish fat stores.

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Joy decides to cook dinner with less fat tonight and omits two tablespoons of vegetable oil from her recipe for rice pilaf. This change reduces the calories from fat in this recipe by approximately ____

a. 24 calories b. 50 calories c. 100 calories d. 200 calories e. 350 calories

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To obtain an accurate measurement of resting metabolic rate it is not necessary for an athlete to abstain from resistance or endurance exercise in the hours prior to the test

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The main purpose of the homeostatic mechanism that regulates energy intake and expenditure in the body is to

a. keep the body at a very fixed weight. b. prevent weight loss. c. maintain a fairly constant body weight. d. stimulate weight gain.

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The flakiness of pie crust depends on:

a. type of fat b. oxidation of fat c. temperature of the fat d. oven temperature

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