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It’s likely that people who have been overweight will have to deal with increased hunger pangs for the rest of their lives.
On the other hand, people who have lost weight need less energy to maintain their new and lighter bodies. Yet they feel hungrier because the body is trying to get that weight back.
The study, published in the American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, examined appetite in patients who participated in a comprehensive 2-year weight loss programme.
Patients started out weighing 125 kg on average but lost an average of 11 kgafter two years. Two out of ten manage to keep weight down after the programme.
The research suggested that it’s important to know which physiological mechanisms resist weight loss.
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