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Re:How to lose weight. No, really. by dboyd on Thursday November 19, 2009 @01:44PM (#950777)
Except that adding lean body mass increases your Basal Metabolic Rate, which increases the amount of calories you burn when you are not exercising.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_rate

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Re:How to lose weight. No, really. by dschobel on Thursday November 19, 2009 @02:54PM (#950948)
You're absolutely right, the article above is referencing a different phenomenon. My mistake.
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