Answer
The following factors can raise the metabolic rate (MR) : exercise, sympathetic nervous system, hormones--epinephrine and epinephrine (catecholamine hormones), human growth hormone/somatotropin, thyroxine, and testosteron.
Work Step by Step
Elevated body temperature (by stress or exercise) and ingestion of food (food induced thermogenesis) can raise the metabolic rate, and increase body temperature'
The basal metabolic rate (BMR) for adult males is 24 Cal/kg body mass (22 Cal/kg for females).
An increase in body temperature raises the metabolic rate
A calorie is the amount of heat required to raise one kilogram of water one degree Centigrade/Celsius.. A cal or a Kal. is a kilocalorie which is 1000 calories.
Each increase of one degree Celsius (1 deg C) in body temperature raises the metabolic rate by 10%.
