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Since nobody else who answered you read the article:
Heat. They discovered a way to trigger the part of the brain that regulates heat production by brown fat tissue.
Nothing that could go wrong with raising body temp permanently...
Just in! Man takes too many weightloss pills, ends up inadvertently cooking his testes! Read all about it in Blabbity Fair!
And in a world that is getting hotter and hotter, nothing is more appealing than carrying your own furnace with you, wherever you go.
That's the bit they mentioned, anyway. It sounds like in this scenario they tried two different diets, and the higher-calorie one produced more body heating. I imagine appetite regulation would also play a part "in the wild".
Thanks you! That makes a lot of sense