AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Set Point: the point at which an individual’s “weight thermostat” is supposedly set. When the body falls below this weight, an increase in hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may act to restore the lost weight. Basal Metabolic Rate: the body’s resting rate of energy expenditure.

Detailed explanation-2: -This article highlights an emerging area of study in obesity science, that our bodies maintain an internal “weight thermostat.” For example, if your body’s thermostat says “250 pounds", and you lose 70 pounds with diet and exercise, you will be left struggling against that 250-pound set point.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your body’s set point is part of a basic biological instinct. When body weight and fat levels fall below your set point, your body activates defense mechanisms to maintain body weight and fat in order to prevent starvation, even in people with obesity. Everyone’s set point is different and can be changed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Resting energy expenditure (REE) represents energy expenditure while a person lies quietly awake in an interprandial state; under these conditions, approximately 1 kcal/kg body weight is consumed/hour in healthy adults.

Detailed explanation-5: -By extension to physiological and behavioral systems, set point refers to the preferred level of functioning of an organism or of a system within an organism.