Registered Dietitian Exam Prep

Category - Nutrition Care

According to the lipostatic theory of obesity, set point is:
  1. Is dependent on caloric intake
  2. Determined by body stores of adipose tissue
  3. Easily manipulated by diet and exercise
  4. Is established in infancy
Explanation
Answer: B - According to the lipostatic theory of obesity, set point is not dependent on caloric intake, and is determined by body stores of adipose tissue. Set point is defined as the physiologic mechanism that maintains a specific body weight. According to this theory both over- and under-feeding result in an eventual return to original body weight, and exercise has little effect on changing set point.
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