Forty-year-old Jim has exercised strenuously on and off all his life.Over the years,his body weight has remained close to 160 pounds,which was his body weight in college.His stable body weight best illustrates
A) a hierarchy of needs.
B) body mass index.
C) basal metabolic rate.
D) a set point.

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Jim's stable body weight despite his exercise habits and fluctuations in activity levels suggests that his body has a set point, a biologically determined range of weight that his body strives to maintain.

Forty-Year-Old Jim Has Exercised Strenuously on and Off All His