Tanya and Maysoun have been good friends since meeting as first-year students in

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Tanya and Maysoun have been good friends since meeting as first-year students in their freshman dormitory. Although they are about the same height and age, their body weights are very different. Tanya, whose parents are both obese, has always had a BMI between 30 and 35. Although acquaintances assume that she is lazy, lacks willpower, and is a gluttonous eater, Tanya’s close friends know that she is none of these. Maysoun’s BMI has always hovered around 20, as has that of both her mother and father.

As a project in their health psychology class, Tanya and Maysoun decided to make themselves the subjects of an experiment. For one month, the two friends ate the same total number of calories per day, spread across several small, healthy meals that were low in fat and included plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. They also added a 30-minute daily aerobics class to their daily routines. At the end of the month, Tanya and Maysoun weighed themselves for the first time since beginning the project. Although Tanya was delighted to find that she had lost some weight, Maysoun had lost more. Whey they presented their results to the class, several students suggested that Tanya had either “fudged” on her diet by underestimating her daily food intake or simply hadn’t employed as much willpower as Maysoun had, and that was why Maysoun lost more weight

Why did Maysoun lose more weight than Tanya, even though she consumed the same number of calories, ate the same types of food, and did the same amount of exercise?

Explanation / Answer

However, Maysoun and Tanya are of same height and age but their body weights are differ,

Body weight is directly linked to the BMI ( Body Mass Index) of any person. It is simply

define that how much fat in your body have. If two persons have BMI about to 20 and 35

then they seem to be slim ( lower weight ) and obese( overweight) respectively.

The same situation is there in case of two students Maysoun and Tanya, those have

BMI 20 and 35 respectively. If they (Maysoun and Tanya ) have used a same diet and

exercise plan to complete a health & psychology project, during one month Maysoun lose

more weight then tanya, even though she consumed same number of calories, ate the

same type of food and take same amount of aerobic exercise.

Since, Tanya is more obese and has a high BMI, it mean has more fat in her body

organ( muscle and bone) so, she has to take more aerobic exercise ( intake of oxygen) or

low fat containing food to burn weight. If there is no matter of will power or psychology.

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