Rudy has been on a strict diet of 1000 calories per day for the last six weeks. He lost considerably more weight in the first three weeks of his diet than in the last three because:
Alearn tissue is maintained by fewer calories than is fat tissue
Bhis insulin level has decreased
Chis metabolic rate has decreased
Dhis fat cells have decreased in number
Correct answer
C. his metabolic rate has decreased
Explanation
The correct answer is his metabolic rate has decreased.