Dietary guidelines recommend lowering caloric requirements for older adults because metabolic rate increases with age.

Dietary guidelines recommend lowering caloric requirements for older adults because metabolic rate increases with age.

a.
Both the statement and the reason are correct and related.
b.
Both the statement and the reason are correct but are not related.
c.
The statement is correct, but the reason is not correct.
d.
The statement is not correct, but the reason is correct.
e.
Neither the statement nor the reason are correct.

ANS:  C

Metabolic rate decreases with age. For this reason, the caloric requirements are lowered. Failure to lower the caloric intake without an accompanying increase in expenditure of energy will result in weight gain. For older individuals, this can be very serious because joint and cardiac function can be further stressed.