NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
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At which age does your metabolism move more quickly?
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Infancy
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Teenager
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Adult
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Elderly
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Researchers found that metabolism peaks around age 1, when babies burn calories 50 percent faster than adults, and then gradually declines roughly 3 percent a year until around age 20.
Detailed explanation-2: -During Puberty “Your resting metabolic rate (RMR) increases mostly because this is when girls experience a big growth spurt, ‘’ says Mary Ellen Pavone, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
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