Stuart Is Overweight

Multiple Choice

Stuart is overweight. He goes on a starvation diet in the hopes of slimming down before graduating from college. He starts consuming about 1,000 calories a day. He loses some weight, but not nearly as much as he thought he would. What is the most likely reason for Stuart's failure to lose a great amount of weight?

A) Stuart has a larger number of fat cells.
B) Stuart is probably just losing excess water, which is easily replaced.
C) Stuart's activity level needs to be greatly increased.
D) Stuart's body has compensated for this caloric reduction by reducing its metabolism.