If an obese person loses weight, a factor that increases the risk of regaining the weight is
A) weight loss causes the metabolic rate to slow.
B) during weight loss, calories are only temporarily displaced from fat to other tissues.
C) brown fat can become white fat if dietary intake increases again.
D) the adipose cells do not die but merely shrink, so they can easily store lipid again.
E) the body feels unfamiliar after weight loss.
D
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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A. Convergent B. Divergent C. Reverberating D. Parallel after-discharge
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A) parturition. B) fertilization. C) gastrulation. D) cleavage. E) placentation.
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