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One of the primary reasons that body weight regulation and metabolic rate differ, is due to the fact that the metabolic rate is a component of body weight regulation or one of the catalysts for being able to regulate body weight, which causes it to differ significantly from the actual activity of body weight regulation. Body weight regulation is essentially the attempt by the individual to maintain the weight that they believe, or have been informed is a healthy body weight for an ...

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