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Why the weight loss study everyone has been sharing is misleading

You lose weight, and then you gain it all back. That grim reality is a mainstay of our obese society. But a new study of contestants from the reality TV show “The Biggest Loser” suggests that, for them, that re-gain was all but pre-ordained. Contestants were severely obese and exercised and dieted competitively for 30 weeks. The unusual circumstances (most of us don’t lose weight with the whole world watching) led to unusual weight loss — over 100 pounds on average.

But the process slowed their metabolism in such a way that it left them having to eat much, much less — 500 calories a day less — than other…

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 Why the weight loss study everyone has been sharing is misleading

You lose weight, and then you gain it all back. That grim reality is a mainstay of our obese society. But a new study of contestants from the reality TV show “The Biggest Loser” suggests that, for them, that re-gain was all but pre-ordained.

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Doctors Best Weight Loss

Doctors Best Weight Loss is committed to providing the highest quality weight loss products at the lowest prices available on the internet. You will find a wide variety of products including those seen in weight loss centers and physician offices. Our company product lines support medically managed programs

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Super Skinny Me

Although the name of this website was conceived as a partly ironic response to the current obsession by the media with weight loss documentaries that inadvertently appear to reinforce the notion that taking extreme and unhealthy weight loss measures works, superskinnyme.com is very much intended as a healthy, holistic science-based source of information for anyone looking for answers.

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