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Why do we regain weight?

February 5, 2017 by Tim Crowe 6 Comments

It’s a simple question which has stumped obesity researchers for decades: why do most people who diet to lose weight, regain it? A drop in metabolism gets the most blame, but the hidden culprit could simply be an increase in appetite.Losing weight is easy; keeping the weight off is the hard part. No need to cite scientific studies to support that claim with decades of … [Read more...] about Why do we regain weight?

Can’t keep weight off? Blame your hunger hormones

March 7, 2013 by Tim Crowe Leave a Comment

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Losing weight is hard, but holding onto hard fought gains can be even harder. Weight regain is faced by almost all successful weight losers, resulting in the need to turn to yet another variation of the dieting, exercising and self-denial merry-go-round ride. New research has now found that people who successfully lose weight, only to find it come back on again, can blame their … [Read more...] about Can’t keep weight off? Blame your hunger hormones

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