Even though monkeys on a low-calorie diet burn less energy while sleeping and eat less, their total daily energy use stays the same because they move around more and spend less energy moving, so it all balances out.

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Long-term calorie restriction decreases metabolic cost of movement and prevents decrease of physical activity during aging in the rhesus monkeys

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Even though the monkeys ate less and burned fewer calories while sleeping, they moved around more and used less energy to move, so their total daily energy use stayed the same as monkeys eating normally.

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Long-term calorie restriction decreases metabolic cost of movement and prevents decrease of physical activity during aging in the rhesus monkeys

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DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.08.002

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