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Mikhail Varshavski: “Kevin Hall's research on the Biggest Loser study showed that…”

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But comparing that to another day where I'm relatively sedentary, generally speaking, would I be burning the same amount of calories because my body would adapt to that level of activity? I don't think the research has shown that it adapts a, that quickly. … Kevin Hall's research on the Biggest Loser study showed that people who lost weight regained it because their basal metabolic rate dropped by about 400 calories. … pretty significantly as well. And what he saw is that their basal metabolic rate, so how many calories they burn just by being alive throughout the day dropped by about 400 calories, I think his research showed. (1:26:35–1:26:57)

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Asserts that Kevin Hall's research found a drop in basal metabolic rate by about 400 calories in Biggest Loser participants.

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