The Claim
Reductions in basal metabolic rate and sleeping metabolic rate contribute to energy compensation in animal studies and longer-duration human studies, but do not fully account for the observed compensation in total daily energy expenditure.
What the research says
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When the body's resting energy use decreases during weight loss, it partially explains why total daily energy expenditure drops, but other factors also contribute to this reduction.
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Reductions in basal metabolic rate and sleeping metabolic rate contribute to energy compensation in animal studies and longer-duration human studies, but do not fully account for the observed compensation in total daily energy expenditure.
When energy demands increase, the body lowers its baseline energy use by slowing down cellular processes in multiple organs, which reduces the total calories burned each day — even when activity goes up.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: The evidence for constrained total energy expenditure in humans and other animals.
When people or animals exercise a lot, their bodies save energy by burning fewer calories at rest—but even this saving doesn’t explain all the energy they’re saving. The study shows this exact thing.
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