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How might negative feedback loop explain why people who lose large amounts of weight chain that weight back? Explain the weight cycle in perms of the negative feedback loop. Do you think that weight in humans is regulated by a negative loop? Why or why not?

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The human body is evolutionarily designed for survival. This means that it optimizes fat storage to protect the body against future starvations. In the process of crash dieting the body's starvation ...

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