The most likely explanation for why women readily store fat around the hips whereas men readily store fat around the abdomen is gender differences in
a. blood insulin levels.
b. the activity of lipoprotein lipase.
c. circulating lipid transport proteins.
d. the activity of lipoprotein synthetase.
e. women have different patterns of physical activity than men.
ANS: B
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