1. It is healthier to be thin and unfit than to be fat and fit.
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2. Dietary pathways to becoming overweight may be important in establishing the risk of total morbidity and mortality.
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False

3. The Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) accounts for the largest proportion (around 70%) of our total energy expenditure. BMR is mainly affected by muscle mass, therefore preserving muscle mass with exercise should help maintain a high basal metabolic rate and assist weight loss.
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False

4. In order to lose body fat, you must first get 'fit' with aerobic exercises.
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5. Swimming and cycling are better than walking for body fat loss.
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False

6. Studies have shown that energy restriction without exercise results in both loss of fat and muscle mass.
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False

7. Studies have shown that fat loss can only be achieved with regular long sessions of walking (e.g. 40 minute sessions) as opposed to several short daily sessions (e.g. 4 lots of 10 minutes).
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False

8. It is difficult to consume a nutritionally adequate diet on less than 1200 kcal per day.
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9. For the non-athlete trying to lose body fat it is better to exercise before breakfast and not eat immediately after exercise.
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10. If you are exercising regularly, your total body weight may not change even though you are fitting into smaller clothes because fatty tissue losses are being cancelled on the scales by muscle mass gains.
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11. The most effective way to lose body fat is to do some "planned" exercise daily and then be sedentary for the rest of the day.
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False

12. Most people do not move enough, averaging about 4000 steps per day. Increasing to 10,000 steps (measured with a pedometer) can decrease abdominal (visceral) fat loss and blood pressure.
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False

13. If you add some strength training several times a week to your "lifestyle" activities this will facilitate further fat loss.
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