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mckennatimberlake

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on: Aug 21, 2018
The thermic effect of food represents the ____.
 A) BMR minus the energy used in physical activity
  B) decrease in food energy due to cooking
  C) increase in energy expenditure associated with the body's processing of food
  D) body's storage of food as fat for insulation

Question 2

Basal metabolic rate represents ____.
 A) the rate of energy expenditure that sustains basic life processes in all cells in the awake state
  B) the rate of energy expenditure when the body is at rest and no food has been eaten in 4 hours
  C) minimal energy expenditure over a period of 24 hours
  D) all energy expenditure except that is attributable to physical activity


mammy1697

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Reply #1 on: Aug 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A


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