When you maintain an energy imbalance over a long period of time, it will have an effect on your body weight. Consider the following statements and indicate which correctly reflect the result of prolonged energy imbalance on the body.

A. Cutting even 50 kcal from your daily diet will result in weight loss if strictly adhered to over an extended period of time.
B. When you continually eat fewer kilocalories than you use, your body will use its stored energy to compensate.
C. A person with a sedentary occupation who takes a 30-minute walk every day after work will burn about the same kilocalories daily as a similar person with an active occupation.
D. The body only has a limited ability to store fat, so eventually, after eating more than you need over a long period of time, your body will stop storing any excess energy as fat.


Answer:
A. Cutting even 50 kcal from your daily diet will result in weight loss if strictly adhered to over an extended period of time.
B. When you continually eat fewer kilocalories than you use, your body will use its stored energy to compensate.

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