Nutrition for Health, Fitness & Sport 10th Edition by Melvin Williams ,Dawn Anderson,Eric Rawson

Exercise 9

The rate of weight loss on an appropriate low-Calorie diet may be rapid at first, but then may slow down. This decreased rate of weight loss is most likely due to:
A) an increased BMR and increased use of body-protein stores
B) a decrease in body weight and increased use of body-fat stores
C) an increased use of carbohydrate stores and retention of body water
D) a decreased BMR and an increased loss of body-water stores
E) an increased BMR and decreased use of body-fat stores