| Title | Metabolism Rate Slows for Dieters | |
| Date | Wednesday May 04 2016, @01:16PM | |
| Author | cmn32480 | |
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| from the my-body-isn't-cooperating dept. | ||
From The New York Times:
Kevin Hall, a scientist at a federal research center who admits to a weakness for reality TV, had the idea to follow the "Biggest Loser" contestants for six years after that victorious night. The project was the first to measure what happened to people over as long as six years after they had lost large amounts of weight with intensive dieting and exercise.
It has to do with resting metabolism, which determines how many calories a person burns when at rest. When the show began, the contestants, though hugely overweight, had normal metabolisms for their size, meaning they were burning a normal number of calories for people of their weight. When it ended, their metabolisms had slowed radically and their bodies were not burning enough calories to maintain their thinner sizes.
Researchers knew that just about anyone who deliberately loses weight — even if they start at a normal weight or even underweight — will have a slower metabolism when the diet ends. So they were not surprised to see that "The Biggest Loser" contestants had slow metabolisms when the show ended.
Persistent metabolic adaptation 6 years after "The Biggest Loser" competition (open, DOI: 10.1002/oby.21538)
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