A person who is ill with a fever will experience a (n) a person who is ill with a fever will experience a (n) decreased basal metabolic rate. increased thermic effect of food. decreased thermic effect of food. increased basal metabolic rate.

A person who is ill with fever will experience an increased basal metabolic rate. The body’s metabolism contains all of the chemical and biological process needed for the conversion of food into energy and the use of it like digestion and excretion. So when we become sick, the metabolism speeds up to fight the illness.