The goal of Keys's project, begun during World War II, was to study
A) the effects of hunger and food deprivation.
B) the rate of weight gain due to systematic overfeeding.
C) the effects of set-point readjustment with drugs.
D) the optimum ratio of fat to lean body tissue in volunteers.
Question 2
The relationship between eating and weight maintenance is best described by which of the following statements?
A) Weight gain is proportional to overeating.
B) A person who eats more than 3,000 calories a day will gain weight.
C) Metabolic rate is a factor in weight maintenance.
D) Fat people eat fewer calories per day than do thin people.
