While enrolled in a weight-loss program for employees of the company where he worked,Gavin lost nearly 100 pounds over a period of 14 months.At the same time,his BMR slowed.Then he was laid off.Over the next six months,his BMR remained slowed,and he regained two-thirds of the weight he had lost.Which of the following hypotheses BEST explains this phenomenon?
A) the protein-leverage hypothesis
B) the drifty gene hypothesis
C) the thrifty gene hypothesis
D) the set-point hypothesis

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The set-point hypothesis states that the body has a natural weight range that it tries to maintain. When someone loses weight, their body will try to regain the weight to return to its set point. This is what happened to Gavin when he was laid off and his BMR remained slowed.

While Enrolled in a Weight-Loss Program for Employees of the Company