Tag: metabolic rate
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Metabolic rate is determined by Fat Free Mass
The Claim: Your metabolic rate is determined by your fat free mass Answer: FACT Your metabolic rate is most closely correlated with your fat free mass (lean body mass). Your fat free mass is all the parts of your body that aren’t fat (rather obvious explanation)…this includes organs, bones, skeletal muscles and extracellular water. The…
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10 Obese People have a Slower Metabolic Rate – Answer
#10 – Obese people have slower basal metabolic rates than non-obese people Answer: FALSE This is a common fallacy to assume that obese or overweight people have a slower metabolic rate and that they are somehow just not burning enough calories. From here the thinking is they can lose weight by increasing their metabolism and…