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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #37492 DIT
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Slow eating and thorough chewing help prevent obesity and weight gain — a view popularized a century back and now tested as truth. Typically, the chewing process reportedly enhances the energy expenditure associated with the metabolism of food and increases intestinal motility — all summing up to an increased heat generation in the body after food intake, known as diet-induced thermogenesis (DIT). DIT, also known as the thermic effect of food consumption, increases energy expenditure above the basal fasting level -- a factor known to prevent weight gain. So when the DIT increases in the process of slow eating and thorough chewing, it is beneficial to weight loss.

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Option 4: "DIT has negative correlation with weight gain."

Explanation: The text indicates that an increase in DIT, which occurs with slow eating and thorough chewing, is associated with preventing weight gain. This implies a negative correlation between DIT and weight gain, making this statement true.

Option 1: "The relation between weight loss and slow eating and thorough chewing is not clear."

Explanation: The text clearly establishes a positive relationship between slow eating, thorough chewing, and weight loss through the concept of diet-induced thermogenesis (DIT). It states that slow eating and thorough chewing enhance DIT, which is beneficial for weight loss, contradicting the claim that the relationship is unclear.

Option 2: "Slow eating doesn’t help prevent obesity."

Explanation: This option contradicts the text, which explicitly states that slow eating and thorough chewing help prevent obesity by increasing DIT. Therefore, the assertion that slow eating does not help prevent obesity is incorrect.

Option 3: "Slow eating will ease the intestinal motility."

Explanation: The text mentions that slow eating and thorough chewing increase intestinal motility, not ease it. This misinterpretation of the text leads to the incorrect conclusion that slow eating eases intestinal motility.

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