Why does our metabolic rate increase in warmer climates?

Question

My first thought is that the metabolic rate should decrease since you lose less energy (heat) to your surroundings. But I read everywhere that climate increases it instead.

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Answer 1

metabolic pathways in your body are really just a ton of chemical reactions. The rate of these reactions increases as temperatures get higher because higher temperatures results in reactant having more kinetic energy, increasing the chance that they will collide and a reaction takes place.