An adaptive response to uncertainty can lead to weight gain during dieting attempts - 0 views
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dieting attempts cause weight gain via providing (misleading) information about the environment to the subconscious systems that control body mass
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Our model predicts that energy reserves should respond to repeated attempts to diet by weight cycling and becoming greater from one cycle to the next
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the very conditions that cause weight gain initially—a glut of food—causes further weight gain once cyclical dieting begins
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There is evidence that among weight cycling, people those who switch between dieting and binge-eating more frequently gain more weight