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Regarding the basal metabolic rate, which of the following is TRUE? |
| A. | it is measured in the absence of disease, at room temperature, within 12 hours of a meal with a Benedict apparatus and the subject asleep |
| B. | it increases 24% per degree Celsius of body temperature above 37° |
| C. | it is decreased during the latter stage of starvation, explaining the initial rapid weight loss than a slowing down of weight loss |
| D. | it declines in pregnancy |
| E. | it correlates closer to weight than to body surface area |
| Answer» C. it is decreased during the latter stage of starvation, explaining the initial rapid weight loss than a slowing down of weight loss | |
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