One positive to losing weight and gaining it back
August 19th, 2008 | by admin | Bev Sklar
Filed under: General Health, Diet and Weight Loss
Yo-yo dieting is frowned upon, but one group may benefit if they lose weight, then gain it back.
A four-year study by Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research suggests people with type 2 diabetes who lose weight within 18 months post-diagnosis — then eventually regain the pounds — are twice as likely to have good blood pressure and blood glucose control than people with type 2 diabetes who did not lose weight. The study was published in this month’s Diabetes Care.
Researchers speculate the body might have a metabolic memory that recalls the benefits of a lighter, fitter frame. Hmm … permanent benefits of weight loss even when the weight creeps back on? I fondly remember my lean, mean high school basketball frame — maybe my body does, too.
Stumble it!
