30.11.2007 at 16:03
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Sport Medicine
Burn, calories, burn
Putting on a little weight even though you swear you haven’t upped your food intake or cut your energy expenditure? Well, you can blame a slow metabolism, right?
Probably not.
A slow metabolism means that you burn fewer calories at rest than you should, according to estimates based on your height, weight, age and sex. Very few people can actually say they have a slow metabolism. People who are overweight may actually have a higher metabolic rate because while they may have more fat, they may also have more muscle mass. And muscle mass is key when it comes to your metabolism.
What is metabolism? [Read more on CBC News]
