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“Crash diets DO work, claim experts,” the Mail Online reports.
It reports on an Australian study involving 200 obese adults who were randomly assigned to either a 12-week rapid weight loss programme on a very low-calorie diet or a 36-week gradual weight loss programme.
It found that 81% of people in the rapid weight loss group achieved the target weight loss (more than 12.5% of their bodyweight), compared to 50% of those in the gradual weight loss group.
Participants, from both groups, who lost more than 12.5% of their bodyweight were then placed on a weight maintenance diet for three years. However, 71% of the weight was regained in both groups after this three-year period.
So it would appear, whatever the weight loss regime used, that the real challenge is keeping off the weight in the long term.
The study may also not have captured the harmful effects that may be associated with rapid weight loss, such as loss of muscle mass or poor nutrition.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/10October/Pages/Crash-diets-can-work-claim.aspx
It reports on an Australian study involving 200 obese adults who were randomly assigned to either a 12-week rapid weight loss programme on a very low-calorie diet or a 36-week gradual weight loss programme.
It found that 81% of people in the rapid weight loss group achieved the target weight loss (more than 12.5% of their bodyweight), compared to 50% of those in the gradual weight loss group.
Participants, from both groups, who lost more than 12.5% of their bodyweight were then placed on a weight maintenance diet for three years. However, 71% of the weight was regained in both groups after this three-year period.
So it would appear, whatever the weight loss regime used, that the real challenge is keeping off the weight in the long term.
The study may also not have captured the harmful effects that may be associated with rapid weight loss, such as loss of muscle mass or poor nutrition.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/10October/Pages/Crash-diets-can-work-claim.aspx